In The Time of The Butterflies

Organizational Patterns: In the Time of the Butterflies is organized into three parts—Part I, Part II, and Part III. These parts are followed by an Epilogue critical to the story. Each part of the book consists of four chapters, each chapter is told by a different narrator. The narrators are the four Mirabal sisters (aka the butterflies), Dede, Minerva, Maria Teresa, and Patria. As each chapter changes narrators, bits and pieces of the story are revealed as each different personality…...

“Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear; The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.”- Meg Cabot. (Goodreads). Many people make courageous decisions on a daily basis, but mostly these decisions are made in a cautious manner. Most courageous decisions are made by people looking out for themselves, and thinking before they react. But, there are very few people who make decisions based…...

The morning Chicago sun glistened through the window of our hotel bedroom. I hoisted my head from my plush white pillow, my wavy hair falling to my back like rain falls from the sky. I gently laid my head back down, reminiscing that it was the day that all of my hard work and preparation was going to pay off. “Bella, get up!” my mom hollered. “We only have twenty minutes until we have to leave!” “Okay, okay.” I replied.…...

'There is no such thing as the perfect man, but the one I have is absolutely perfect for me”. Girls are some of the most strong, beautiful, and smart beings in this world, but some would give up everything for the perfect date with a perfect man. While some choose their significant others based on materialistic items, my ideal man would be someone that you can bring home to the family. I’d like for the perfect date to excite every…...

One creepy Friday the 13th my family I and one of my brother's friends decided to go to fright fest it was really rainy that day so it was getting kind of iffy yet I also wanted to go to a mall in Chicago so we decided to go when we got there on the car ride there they had a lot of traffic yes I was really inpatient but I was nervous that the tickets would be sold out…...

In the book Falling in Love: Stories from Ming China, Ching is used to referring to a relationship between two passionate people, more especially between a man and a woman, that “arouses differing responses” to it ( Mowry 16). Falling in Love: Stories from Ming China is a collection of seven vernacular love stories that are drawn from two Ming collections, Xing shi Hengyang (first published in 1627) and Shi Dian tou (published approximately the same date as the former)…...

You might remember the Monarch butterfly from past learning in school, how you learned about how they used Metamorphosis to transform from a caterpillar to a butterfly, emerging from the chrysalis. Each year, millions of Monarchs make the 3000-mile journey from Canada and the United States to Mexico to their breeding grounds. This shows that Monarchs are not as delicate as you think. However, these amazing creatures are in trouble, and it’s not just in nature. There have been massive…...

Nothing signals the arrival of summer like the buzz of a bumblebee amongst a blooming vegetable garden. It may feel a long way off, but soon the landscape will be spotted with colorful wildflowers, and our yards will be graced by hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, and moths once more. These pollinators are not just friendly neighbors, they are incredibly important as they help plants reproduce by transferring pollen from flower to flower. When they do this, the plants then produce fruits…...

Monarch butterflies have been a signature summer sight in Nebraskan prairies for a long time. These insects play a crucial role in the pollination of wildflowers as they search for nectar. But, as cities grow, crop herbicides improve, and land uses change, monarch butterflies find themselves at risk of losing an important resource as they migrate throughout their life. This paper will examine the life cycle of the monarch butterfly and its migration patterns, the role milkweed plays in the…...

Courage is valued among the characters, and they display it in varying amounts. Among all the sisters Minerva shows the most courage. First she starts off by wanting to be a lawyer and she is not afraid of speaking her mind. She goes to a boarding school where she meets a girl who is against Trujillo and learns how bad Trujillo really is. This is when she begins to start acting rebellious. Once she is older, Minerva’s family is invited…...