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In The Time Of The Butterflies Dominican Republic Prior to Trujillo’s Rule --
 * Dede
 * More Active in part 2.
 * Continues in 3rd person, maintaining distance from her family and past.
 * Put in an objectified light
 * Compares herself to her sisters: Jealous of their bravery (especially Minerva) and guilty of being the only one alive.
 * Follows Minerva into playing volleyball, despite her traditional character.
 * Also Responds poorly to running into Minerva in the bush.
 * (Pg. 68-70) Talking about Minerva Virgilio's relationship. Takes how people think of her very seriously.
 * (Pg. 82-83)Takes letter in burns it. Reinforces fact that she wants to protect Minerva, but also hold her back from the adventurous lifestyle. Jealousy is rather apparent here.
 * Minerva
 * Very Feminist in this entry
 * The fact that Papa tries to keep Minerva close to home indicates that Minerva could be his favorite and he wants her protected. This is ironic because she is the most adventurous and active.
 * (Pg. 85) Turning car around and heading home- seen out of the back of her eye.
 * Going to the capitol
 * Finds letters from Leo.
 * Key moment because she finally loses repect for her father. Realizes how strong and independent she is.
 * (Pg. 89) Realizes how she is stronger than Papa. Disconnects herself, and devotes herself fully to the Revolution
 * "Things a man does..." He gets so angry because Minerva is unraveling the foundation of the unspoken ways of their culture
 * Dance
 * Ironic that Minvera gets invited
 * "I'd rather jump out a window..." VERY daring
 * Trujillo- very vulgar and inappropriate
 * Minerva tries to manipulate Trujillo
 * Key Moment - Papa goes to jail for Minerva's behavior towards Trujillo. Dice rolling; determines Minerva's future! Takes large risk by playing with chance, even loaded dice.
 * (Pg. 115) - Water - washing away her old ideals and indicates full devotion..
 * - Darkness - Represents descent into potential violence that the whole family will be pulled into.
 * Maria Teresa
 * The Dream
 * Happens multiples times: Papa, then Manolo, then Classmate.
 * Doesn't understand its meaning
 * Starts off similar to Dede - very distant. Both feel like the are not involved, but Maria Teresa fights for involvement
 * Follows Minerva religiously - considers her a model of what she wants to be, but doesn't know how to get there..
 * Culture
 * American Occupation ended in 1924
 * democratically elected government under president Vásquez
 * Vásquez administration brought economic and social success to the country
 * respected political and civil rights
 * Rising export commodity prices and government borrowing
 * <span class="apple_002dconverted_002dspace__Char" style="font-size: 90%;">Led to t <span class="Normal__Char" style="font-size: 90%;">he funding of public works projects and the expansion and modernization of Santo Domingo
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Religion
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Protestants first came as migrants from North America in the 1820s
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">West Indian laborers added to their numbers in the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">By 1920’s, numerous protestant groups linked up to become a national organization.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Protestants linked up with North American Evangelical groups, and Evangelicals became more popular
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Roman Catholics also established ties with the Protestants

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Trujilo's policies
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Immigration policy
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">welcomed:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jewish refugees
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Japanese immigrants
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spanish exiles
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">discriminated against:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Haitians
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">dark-skinned Dominicans
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Oppression
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">silenced actual or perceived members of anti-Trujillo groups
 * used gangs (such as "The 42") and later secret police to execute dissidents
 * Environmental policy
 * created first national park
 * expanded nature reserves
 * banned slash-and-burn techniques
 * banned unpermitted logging
 * set up forest wardens to protect the areas
 * Foreign policy
 * anti-communism stance sat well with US
 * sided with Allies in WWII
 * one of the founding nations of the UN
 * Parsley Massacre
 * claiming that Haiti was harboring enemies, attacked the border
 * massacred between 20,000-30,000 Haitians
 * post-Trujillo
 * Democratically-elected govt. took office; overthrown
 * Military rule for 9 months
 * revolt broke out
 * US intervened fearing a "second Cuba"
 * Joaquin Balaguer first elected president post-Trujillo