What happened in chapter 3 of In the Time of the Butterflies?
Chapter 3 is made up of María Teresa’s (the youngest sister) diary entries. She gets the diary as a gift from her older sister Minerva. María Teresa takes her first communion and complains about the mean girls who steal her diary and laugh at her.
How does Maria Teresa change In the Time of the Butterflies?
She realizes she must stand up for the future and outgrow her childish behavior. Maria Teresa becomes a woman who can withstand the ruthless laws she fights against. Palomino is a man she has fallen in love with. Mate realizes she has much to fight for; there are people depending on Mate as an innovator.
What happens in Chapter 12 of In the Time of the Butterflies?
The sisters get dressed up to visit their men in prison and tell them the good news about the sanctions. Dedé tries to guilt them into not going, saying that they are asking for an “accident” by all going together, but the sisters laugh at her melodrama.
Who is Maria In the Time of the Butterflies?
María Teresa, also known as Mate (pronounced MA-tay) for short, is the youngest of the Mirabal sisters, “butterfly” number three. We get to know her through her journal entries, from when she’s a little girl all the way up into her young adulthood.
What happens in chapter 9 of In the Time of the Butterflies?
Dedé gets angry at Minou for driving after dark – she has a fear about all her nieces driving after dark since her sisters’ deaths. When Dedé introduces Minou, the interview woman becomes ecstatic, as she has now met both the daughter and sister of the famous Minerva. Finally the woman bids them farewell and leaves.
How old is Maria Teresa in the Time of Butterflies?
At that time, Patria was 36 years old, Minerva was 34, and María Teresa was 25.
What is Maria Teresa writing in?
Maria Teresa is writing in a journal. The reader doesn’t have to infer what she is thinking. It is a first person perspective. She is the most immature so through the journals the reader sees how she matures and grows.
What happened in chapter 9 of In the Time of Butterflies?
What happens in Chapter 11 In the Time of the Butterflies?
For a while the prisoners all wear crucifixes that Patria sends as a sign of solidarity, but then the guards decide to break up the supposed “Crucifix Plot.” Minerva refuses to give her crucifix up, and she attacks the guards when they try to remove it.
What did María Teresa Mirabal do?
Against this backdrop, the Mirabal sisters traveled on November 25, 1960, to visit their husbands in prison in Puerto Plata. On the way back, Trujillo’s henchmen stopped their car along a mountain road and killed their driver, Rufino de la Cruz, before kidnapping the sisters at gunpoint, beating and strangling them.
What happens in Chapter 10 of In the Time of the Butterflies?
Summary: Chapter 10 Patria has lost her house, husband, son, and peace of mind. Yet, she slowly recovers from the trauma. She lives with Mamá in Mamá’s new house. It will be three months before she can see her husband, Nelson, María Teresa, or Minerva.
What happens in Chapter 11 in the Time of the Butterflies?
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