In The Time Of The Butterflies By Julia Alvarez

By believing in the revolution, Minerva is impacted by having rules of what won't get her in trouble by the overly powerful government, and because of this she does many things to speak against Trujillo and the others. In “In the Time of the Butterflies”, the entire Mirabal family, and especially Minerva, realize how corrupt their government, and especially the leader of their government, Trujillo is. Once they realize this, they speak out about these injustices, and even start their own group to help the revolution. In this portion of the book, the Mirabal family is at a dinner party hosted by Trujillo. He insisted that Minerva attend. He usually goes for young girls, and uses his power to get them. He starts to dance with Minerva and takes
I push just a little against him so he’ll loosen his hold, but he pulls me tighter towards him” (Alvarez 100). This shows that whether a girl, like Minerva, wants to have a relationship with him or not, he still does whatever in his power to make it happen. He used his power by making her go to his party, because she knew that if she didn't show up, there would be a consequence. She also knew that if she didn't dance with him, she would be in trouble. She reacted to him pressing against her by pushing away, and when that was not enough she took the courage to publicly slap him. Secondly, Trujillo’s power can go so far as to tell people what they can or can't do, and even when they can leave certain places. After Minerva's encounter with Trujillo at his party, the family all decided to leave. They were scared to leave, but had to because they felt very uncomfortable. The next day, the Governor shows up at their house. Minerva then says “Governor de la Maza is now returning from the
He doesn't want the best for her, he just wants to get what he pleases. During this time, Minerva had to go to Trujillo’s office and apologize to him for the stunt they pulled off by leaving early. She ended up saying that she still wants him to fulfill her dream of going to law school. She had also noticed before that he had a pair of weighted dice on his desk. Stated next, “His gaze falls on the dice. Slowly, his lips twist in a wily smile. “I'll tell you what." I’ll let you toss in the privilege. You win, you get your wish. I win, I get mine.” I can guess what he wants. But I'm so sure I can beat him now that I know his secret”(Alvarez 115). Minerva rolls doubles, and Trujillo realizes that those are his weighted dice, so he uses them too, and also rolls doubles. Trujillo knew that no matter what dice she took, he would either lose or they would tie. He also knew she had no choice. She had to roll since she would be scared to deny his rules. If she denied taking this chance, she would likely have consequences. He would force her to roll, in hopes of winning what he wanted. For him, it was all about using his power to get his way. Minerva ended up agreeing to the