Independent Reading post #2

NAME: Rachel Nicole
DATE: 2-2-10
TITLE: In the Time of the Butterflies
TIME: 1 1/2 HOURS
AUTHOR: Julia Alvarez
PAGES: 65-103
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK:

QUESTION 1:
Which character would you like to be like? In what way? Why?

RESPONSE 1:
I would love to be Patria Mercedes Mirabal de Gonzalez. I'd like to be this character because she has a good heart and focuses on others more than herself. I like the fact that although she has problems, she tries to see the positive side of things. When she lost her baby, she was very melancholy for days and days. She notices how she was grieving so much and decided to go see the Vergencita. She was also very religious and looked to God and the Vergencita for answers. Although she went through so much grief, she remained peaceful and kind during everything.

QUESTION 2:
Do you think you would read another book by this author? Why or why not?

RESPONSE 2:
Definitely! I would LOVE to read another book by Julia Alvarez. I'd like to because of all the detail and depth she puts into the stories she writes. Also, some of her books are based in true stories and I love to read books about other people's lives and what happened in or during their life. I also like to read books that have some emotion to them because then you can get an idea of how the character might have felt in the certain event that might have taken place. In, "In the Time of the Butterflies", I can feel what they have gone through, but then again, I know that I'll never feel the pain or suffering that Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa Mirabal did.