Figurative Language

In the book In the Time of the butterflies there is many varieties of figurative language. For example in chapter 6, there is figurative language that caught my attention. as Julia Alvarez quoted, "......I can see my hand in an endless slow motion rise- a mind of its own- and come down on the astonished, made up face. This Figurative Language is Personification, and its showing that Minerva's Hand is supposedly having a mind when she slaps Trujillo. This helps reveal one theme in the book. It helps reveal the theme about gender roles and power. Its showed that just because Trujillo has power it doesn't mean that people wont stand up to him. Minerva didn't like how she was getting treated so she slapped Trujillo. This Personification was a good help for the theme.




When Minerva Slapped Trujillo!!!!!!!

conflict

In The book "In The Time Of The Butterflies" so far there there are different conflicts both internal and external. One internal conflict that occurs in the book was when Patria was having fear of her sister Minerva. Patria is scared for her sister because Minerva speaks out loud about Trujillo. Minerva knows that Trujillo has ears everywhere but she doesn't care, she has her own opinion and speaks the truth, and this makes patria scared for her sister. One External Conflict that happened was in the party that Minerva was at when she was asked to dance with Trujillo. Trujillo was aggressive and Minerva didn't like that and Minerva slapped Trujillo, "I can see my hand in an endless slow motion rise- a mind all its own-and come down on the astonished, made up face(Alvarez #100). Alvarez showed many Conflicts and gave good details of the conflicts. 



                                                         When Minerva Slaps Trujillo!!