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Patria falls in love with Pedrito
1946: Patria falls in love with Pedrito, therefore rejecting the God's message -
Patria gets married
February 24th, 1946: Patria, at 16 years old, gets married to Pedrito, thus leaving her religious life. She gets married three days before turning 17. -
Patria's Birthday
February 27th: Patria's birthday birthday -
Patria loses her baby
July 1946: Patria loses her baby, feeling a "strange vacancy" (52) -
Patria moves in back home
August 1946: moves in back home after living with Mamá "until she [got] her strength back" (52) -
Mirabal sisters go on a pilgrimage
1946: Patria, Minerva, Mate, Dedé and Mamá go on a pilgrimage to Higuey; the "women in the family need -
Patria's marriage
Patria is 35 years old and has been married for 18 years (149)
The problem in politics have gotten worse and people are starting to “want to do something about it” (149) -
Nelson's ideas
Nelson starts getting involved in the revolution on group and Patria is very worried (150)
Fidel Castro takes over Cuba (150) -
Patria's child
Patria is pregnant with baby boy - wants to name him Raul Ernesto
Nelson enters a semi - seminary with the help of Padre de Jesus (153) -
Minerva's involvment escalation
Minerva gives her child to Patria (155) as she is getting more involved with the group and will be "away" for a while -
Nelson's involvement
Nelson talks about the invasion (156)
As Patria is scared for her son, she sends a letter to the seminary asking for Nelson not to leave with other members of the family so he does not get involved in the revolution uprising (158) -
Transformation
In Constanza, she is at the retreat and there is an invasion in which a young man dies. It can be considered a turning point (TRANSFORMATION) for her because after this event she stands against the government together with her sisters. When she gets back home, Pedrito gets mad because of her joining the "enemies of the state", but then he joins together with her. -
Patria debastated after sisters, husband and son gone
Patria is devastated because the government took her husband, son and sisters away."As I said, I recovered. But every now and then, I couldn't get the pictures out of my head." (201) -
patria prays to trujillo
Patria prays to Trujillo "pretty soon, I was praying to him (Trujillo) [...]" wanted something from him, and prayer was the only way I knew to ask." (201) -
patria recieves letter from sisters
Patria receives the first letter from her sisters, delivered by Margarita "I unfolded the note. It was the label off a can of tomato paste." (209) -
sends box to the sisters
Patria and the mom and Dedé get a box full of objects and medicine ready for Minerva and Mate back in prison. -
talks to pena
Patria goes talk to Peña and he is able to release Nelson "I am a busy man. What can I do for you?" (216) "Nelson home! Nelson home!" (220) -
patria prays to god to be taken in exchange for nelson
Patria has prayed to God to take her in exchange for Nelson "I offered Our Lord to take me instead of my Nelson" (221) -
trip to the capital to recieve nelson
Family travels to capital to retrieve son who'll be sponsored by Jaimito. -
trujillo takes an interest in noris
April 1960: Trujillo recognizes Mirabal name and takes an interest in Noris "He had managed to get out of Noris that she liked chocolate and strawberry if it wasn't too strawberryish." (225) -
appear in the newspapers
Patria drops on knees in thanks to God when Nelson released; appears on front page that she's thanking Trujillo. "Next day, we were famous" -
Patria Dies