This is just like Dedé knocking the volleyball to expose Virgilio and Minerva in the hedges. In the Time of the Butterflies Chapters 4-6 Summary & Analysis Part 2: 1948 to 1959. Themes and Colors Key LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in In the Time of the Butterflies, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Dictatorship. Patria remembers being born with her arms outstretched, as though she were reaching up for something. Women. In the Time of the Butterflies Audiobook Audiobook and Discussion Questions. So Part 1 isn't titled, exactly, but we get the time frame: 1938 to 1946. She does not feel trapped by marrying so young or giving up her education, as becoming a good mother seems as worthy a goal to her as anything else. Patria 1946. We see another conflict between Virgilio and Jaimito, as Jaimito defends the regime’s absurd laws. Chapter 2. Dedé’s sense of political order is connected to her romantic life – she worries that if she can love a rebel, then maybe she shouldn’t be marrying her cousin and continuing her domestic life. Religion. She was a perfect child, a real goody two-shoes. Previous Part 1, Chapter 3 Next Part 1, Chapter 5. Patria doesn’t get involved in political struggles for a while – at first all her conflicts are personal. Religion. Patria echoes another sexist argument used to keep women down – that women are somehow “purer” than men, and so shouldn’t dirty themselves with politics. Dedé is still in the small world of her own romantic sphere, but with the newspaper the wider world of politics comes creeping in. Chapter 4. Hiedi Hall 4yr. Minou has her mother’s desire for freedom, but in this case it is freedom from Minerva’s larger-than-life legacy. Chapter 5. Dedé waits for a woman who is coming to interview her about her sisters. Themes and Colors Key LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in In the Time of the Butterflies, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. There are currently no items in your Shopping Cart. Chapter 5. She is focused much more on Virgilio, but in the end she settles for Jaimito, not wanting to make trouble. Dictatorship. Part 1, Chapter 1. At Kobo, we try to ensure that published reviews do not contain rude or profane language, spoilers, or any of our reviewer's personal information. Our, LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in. The narrative returns to the interview, but. Chapter 2. In the Time of the Butterflies CH 4. Part 1 chapter 4; Study Guide. A loyalty program that rewards you for your love of reading. She realizes that all her life she's been looking up at God and heaven, when she really should have been looking behind her, at the people in the church. We see the first hints of the trouble between Mamá and Papá here. You submitted the following rating and review. on September 26, 2020. Freedom and Imprisonment. She loses the baby and feels empty inside. Symbols & Motifs. Now we know. These small exchanges of the present send Dedé back into her memory and set off the narrative again. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of. As they pray to the Virgin that night. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Freedom and Imprisonment. The town is full of pilgrims, and the family can’t find a room so they stay with some distant relations. Virgilio is associated with resistance against Trujillo in Dedé’s mind, as she had never paid attention to politics before she became interested in Lío. LitCharts Teacher Editions. She feels a chill in her bones. Would you like us to take another look at this review? She cries out to the Virgin and hears her answer that she is all around her. Struggling with distance learning? Patria keeps slipping deeper into despair, losing the things that seemed most sure, but she keeps up her outward appearance of faith. The review must be at least 50 characters long. By Alvarez, Julia. Lío has a chance to really convince Dedé to join his struggle, but she isn’t swayed by his idealistic arguments. Themes and Colors Key LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in In the Time of the Butterflies, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Freedom and Imprisonment. by Religion. She goes to the cemetery the next day and insists that a couple of. By entering your email address you agree to receive emails from Shmoop and verify that you are over the age of 13. She's afraid she'll get into trouble. The narrative perspective switches again, and it is now told from Patria’s point-of-view. Dedé has now educated herself about the political situation, but she makes the conscious decision to do nothing and ignore the news.