In the Time of the Butterflies

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Subtopic

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Lines between passages (time jumps)

Labeled subtopics (11, 20, 24)

Foreshadowing (28)- Minerva saves the day foretells her leadership in the movement

Foreshadowing (14)- the room of veils foreshadows Lina’s outcome

Minerva protects Sinita (28)

Lina’s fate reveals Trujillo’s truth to Minerva (23)

Minerva befriends Sinita (14)

Papa lets Minerva go to school (12)

Family (15, 17, 24)

Blood (menstruation and cut) (15, 18, 20)

Secrets (16, 17, 23, 27)

Dede

Observations on structure

Foreshadowing (8)- Papa’s fortune for Dede.

Frame story (Dede the survivor is the story that surrounds the inside story of the sisters)

Frame Device (interview)

Flash back (8)

Key events

Silent panic of the family after Papa’s drunken remarks (10)

Papa’s Fortunes (8)

Dede’s interview

Repeated images, phrases or ideas

Portraits (5, 6)

Museum (1, 5, 6, and 7)

Garden imagery (3, 4, 5, and 8)