After reading In the Time of the Butterflies, I realized that this is a very significant story especially since it is based on true events. It displays a powerful message of women struggling to find a way during political turmoil. Dominican history is not a popular subject in America and Rafael Leonidas Trujillo is not as common or well known as Thomas Jefferson here either. An astounding string of events like in this book goes overlooked but Julia Alvarez takes advantage of this to trigger American’s awareness of oppression and tragedies in the Dominican Republic under the reign of Trujillo.
Alvarez’s use of female characters took it into a deeper and more specific level, showing not only how women were affected under these conditions but also that women can be powerful enough to fight back too. She displays women as complex and emotionally versatile. For example, although some of these girls aspire to be powerful and successful they also gossip with friends and talk about having children and getting married. Therefore, not only was this written in order to share an incredible story but also to show that women can be influential figures who fight communism and corrupt dictators.
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