Independent Reading post #1

NAME: Rachel Nicole
DATE: 2-1-10
TITLE: In the Time of the Butterflies
TIME: HOURS
AUTHOR: Julia Alvarez
PAGES: 3 - 65
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK:

QUESTION 1:
What in the book upsets you or bothers you?

RESPONSE 1:
What bothered me in this book was that Trujillo, the Dictator of the Dominican Republic, is married and has at least more than three "girlfriends" and go and get them pregnant and then leave them. this really botherd me the most because if a man went and said he loved you and you wanted to stay with him. You, not knowing he would leave you, would end up alone just as Lina did in this situation. Also, in the book when the girls are preforming for Trujillo on his birthday, his son, Ramfis, a colonel in the army, leaps on the stage when Sinita aims her bow at Trujillo as if she were to kill him. What he does next is tell Sinita to untie Minerva and as she dos, he yanks her hands back and says,"Use your dog teeth B****!" that bothered me a lot because he was saying something that might offend not just Sinita, but other women in general.


QUESTION 2:
What character do you like the most?

RESPONSE 2:
The Character I love in this book is Minerva Mirabal de Tavarez. She was the second youngest and had so much to say about her experience at "Inmaculada Concepcion" a catholic school for girls. She made friends with many of the girls there and very rarely was called in to the principals office for certain reasons. Also, she was always debating on what is right and what is wrong with everyone.