Part+I+butterfly+characters

Directions: Here is a list of characters from Part I (chapters 1-4) of //In the Time of the Butterflies .// As a group it is your job to fill in as much information as you can about these characters. Most groups are only responsible for 3-4 characters so it should be easy to add this information. Remember it is important to add from all the chapters! If you have a question about any of the characters please start a DISCUSSION...and either someone in your class or I will answer your question.

1. Dede Mirabal
 * main character
 * storyteller
 * only survivor
 * 2rd oldest
 * went to Catholic school
 * is asked how she stays positive...she states that, "she focuses on the cheerful memories of the past."
 * father predicted that she would be a future millionaire

2. American woman
 * the interviewer

3. Minerva Mirabal
 * meets poor girls/Sinita, befriends her
 * hates the president
 * 3rd sister
 * told her father that she wanted to be a lawyer!
 * Going to school was how she, "got free"
 * Finds out about Sinita's brothers and how the Trujillo government was behind it all
 * goes to secret meetings with Hilda
 * is in a skit with Sinita and they perform this for Trujillo and his son.

4. Maria Teresa Mirabal 5. Patria Mirabal 6. Mama Mirabal 7. Enrique Papa Mirabal 8. Trujillo ( El Jefe) 9. Sinita 10. Lina Lovaton 11. Hilda 12 Peditro Gonzalez 13. Nelson Gonzalez 14. Noris Gonzalez
 * Youngest sister
 * covers for Minerva
 * becomes confused about Trujilo from the things Minerva told her
 * is religious...not as religious as Partia
 * born 6 years after the Minerva...parents were hoping for a son.
 * her part is told through the diary
 * this is told through 1st person POV
 * Lies for Minerva
 * has to bury her diary...
 * grew up wanting to be a nun, but discovers boys and changes her mind
 * met Pedrito and got married
 * had two kids and then lost her baby boy
 * becomes depressed and lives at home for a while
 * Most religious and most beautiful of the sisters
 * father didn't give her a fortune
 * washing Peditro Gonzales' feet and falls in love with him they have three kids, one did not survive
 * faithful to Trujilo
 * wanted her kids to have an education
 * is a religious woman
 * cannot read
 * Supporter of Trujillo
 * doesn't like communism
 * doesn't want daughters to become nuns
 * owns a shop
 * doesn't like to take them out of the house
 * cheats on his wife...
 * president of Dominican
 * falls in love with Lina
 * killed Sinita's family
 * Dictator of the Dominican Republic...self directed
 * kills anyone who is in opposition of his beliefs
 * sneaky
 * has spies who spy on the prominent families in the Dominican to see if they are loyal to him
 * his picture has to be in everyone's house
 * Very poor
 * best friends with Minerva
 * hates Trujillo because he killed her family
 * sneaks off to her grandpa's house
 * in the play with Minerva and points an arrow at Trujillo
 * Princess of the school.
 * One of Trujillo's girl friends.
 * Gets pregnant and Trujillo's wife finds out and comes after her with a knife.
 * Trujillo sends her to Miami.
 * Minerva's "underground" friend.
 * In trouble for taking papers and going against Trujillo.
 * Hides out at school and eventually gets caught.
 * he was a farmer.
 * he married patria
 * enjoyed nature and was not very bright.
 * is Patria and Maria Teresa's nephew
 * is Patria and Maria Teresa's niece

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