In the Time of the Butterflies Essays

In the Time of the Butterflies

Although this is an era when violence is frowned upon and war deplored, still the soldier has remained an esteemed figure. Even more appealing to the imagination are tales of tyrants and the courage of the underground guerillas that oppose them....

11th Grade

In the Time of the Butterflies

Patria, of Julia Álvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies, contrasts devastating acts of courage with moments of uncertain fragility. She lives in a time period when her country is ruled by the harshest of leaders, Raphael Trujillo. After gaining...

10th Grade

In the Time of the Butterflies

In Julia Alvarez’s novel, In the Time of the Butterflies, the four Mirabal sisters are caught up in the political revolution of the Dominican Republic. The book focuses on how their lives are changed by this involvement, and the impact the sisters...