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Line 1: {{work\|wppage=In the Time of the Butterflies}} ~~{{work}}~~ ~~This~~'''''In the Time of the Butterflies''''' is a 1994 book by Julia Alvarez is based on the true story of four sisters, Patria, Dede, Minerva and Maria Teresa "Mate" Mirabal, during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. The sisters make a political commitment to overthrow the Trujillo regime. They are harassed, persecuted, and imprisoned, their family suffers retaliation from the Military Intelligence Service (SIM), and they are eventually killed. The book presents the perspective of each, including the one surviving sister, Dede. ~~The book was made into a movie starring [[Salma Hayek]] in 2001.~~ The book was made into a movie starring [[Salma Hayek]] in 2001. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== Tropes: ===~~ * [[Code Name]]: The Mirabal sisters are known in the resistance movement as "Las Mariposas" (the butterflies), hence the book title. * [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: For example, Patria and Pedrito are teens when they get married, everyone is aghast that Minerva wants to wear pants and go to college, plus the multiple examples of [[Kissing Cousins]]. Line 13 ⟶ 16: * [[La Résistance]] * [[The Mistress]]: Papa has another family with a poor woman. * [[Play -Along Prisoner]]: When Minerva and Mate are imprisoned for their political activities, they are offered a pardon but Minerva refuses because that would imply that they committed a crime. * [[Poirot Speak]]: Happens a lot with Spanish. * [[Prison Rape]]: Happens when Minerva and Maria Teresa are in prison. Line 26 ⟶ 29: {{reflist}} [[Category:Historical Fiction Literature]] [[Category:In ~~The~~the Time Ofof The Butterflies]] [[Category:Literature]]

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