In the Time of the Butterflies Timeline for Maria Teresa by Alexis Bensen and Christina Scott
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“Elevated to commander in chief of the National Army by 1927” (Rafeal Trujillo, History.com)
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“General Rafael Trujillo assumed control of the Dominican Republic in 1930.” (Rafael Trujillo, History.com)
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“Trujillo used the disaster as an excuse to impose martial law on all citizens.” (Rafael Trujillo. biography, biography.com)
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Trujillo "renamed the Dominican Republic’s capital city, Santo Domingo, to Ciudad Trujillo in order to honor himself” (Rafael Trujillo Biography, imdb.com)
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“Trujillo made the Dominican Party the nation’s sole legal political party.” (Rafael Trujillo, LiveLeak.com)
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“Army massacres 19,000-20,000 Haitians living in areas of the Dominican Republic adjacent to Haiti.” (Dominican Republic Profile, BBC News)
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"My best friend Little Book, Back at school after the holidays, and I am so homesick."(pg.37)
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"Dear little book, Minerva gives you to me today for my first Communion." (pg.30)
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"My dear Little Book, Tommorrow Minerva and I take the train home for the holidays."(pg.32)
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"It takes joy out of making my resolves, but here they are,
I resolve not to scare Neslon with scary stories
I resolve to be diligent with my tasks and not fall asleep when I say my prayers..."(pg.34) -
"Cousin Berto is so dear. His older brother Raul, too, but Berto is especially special-minded, if that is a word."(pg.36)
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"I take one look at Minerva's sick-looking face and I nod yes, our Tio Mon is ill, and then i invent with sarampion, last I heard...i guess i even improved upon her lie."(pg.38)
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"I've been worrying about Minerva sneaking out...I cornered her behind the statue of the Merciful Mother. What is going on? I asked, but she tried to brush me off with a joke..."(pg.38)
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"Dearest Little Book, It is so strange now i know something I'm not supposed to know...I am not saying i don't love our president, because I do. It's like if I were to find out Papa did somethig wrong, I would still love him, wouldn't I?" (pgs.39-40)
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"My dear secret Little Book, All week guards have been coming in and out, looking for Hilda."(pg.41)
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"Oh Little Book, We all just got back from the cemetery burying Patria's baby boy that was born dead yesterday."(pg.42)
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"My dearest Little Book, Oh my dearest, Minerva asks if I'm ready to hand you over. I say, give me a minute to explain things and say goodbye. Hilda has been caught!..She says we have to bury you,too."(pg.42-43)
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"You must pray to the Virgencita for guidance," she said.(pg.46)
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"Ay, poor Papa, he lost it at the end." (pg.118)
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"I write to inform your Excellency of his death on Monday, the fourteenth day of this month." (pg.120)
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"We're expecting Minerva and Manolo any minute" (pg.125)
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"The night after Manolo came to dinner, I had the same bad dream about Papa." (pg.127)
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"Graduation Day!!! July 3" (pg.127)
"Tia Flor's made a To Die Dreaming Cake for my graduation party." (pg.127) -
"We just got back from marching in the opening ceremony for the World's Fair." (pg. 134)
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"We arrived in town midafternoon and stopped in front of this little skack." (pg.138)
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"I want to be worthy of Palomino." (pg.142)
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"What a way to spend my twenty-second birthday!" (pg.143)
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"Dona Mercedes Reyes Viuda Mirabal announces the wedding of her daughter Maria Teresa Mirabal Reyes to Leandro Guzman Roriguez." (pg.147)
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"It was down this very hall and in and out of my children's bedrooms and past the parlor and through the back galeria to the yard that I walked those last days of 1959, worrying if I had done the right thing exposing my family to the SIM." (pg.168)
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“Fidel Castro…helped to arm and train some Dominican rebel groups, which launched an invasion of the country from Cuba.” (Rafael Trujillo Biography, imdb.com)
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“Dissidents supported by Cuba landed in the Dominican Republic attempting to overthrow the Dominican Dictator. Their efforts were easily thwarted, but Trujillo reacted with brutal repression.” (Elections and Events 1945-1962, The Library)
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“Organization of American States adopts resolution calling for severance of diplomatic ties with the Dominican Republic.” (Dominican Republic Profile, BBC News)
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"The Mirabal sisters and Rufino de la Cruz were clubbed to death alongside a mountain road between Puerto Plata and Santiago." (The Assasination, learntoquestion.com)
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“Trujillo was killed by a group of rebels determined to topple his regime.” (Rafael Trujillo, History.com)
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"Rafael Trujillo." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2014.
"Rafael Trujillo Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 12 Jan. 2014.
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"LiveLeak.com - C.I.A Hit List - Rafael Trujillo - ( President of The Dominican Republic )." LiveLeak.com - C.I.A Hit List - Rafael Trujillo - ( President of The Dominican Republic ). N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Jan. 2014.
"Dominican Republic Profile." BBC News. BBC, 23 Aug. 2013. Web. -
"Elections and Events 1945-1962." - The Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Jan. 2014.
"The Murder." The Murder. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Jan. 2014.
Alvarez, Julia. In the Time of the Butterflies. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin of Chapel Hill, 1994. Print.
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