Julia Alvarez's 'In the Time of the Butterflies'
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A 6 page paper discussing the changes the four Mirabal sisters moved through on their journey from the children of a middle-class landowner in the 1930s Dominican Republic to full-blown political activists. One sister never did participate, though she was sympathetic to the rebel cause, but the other three gave their lives and became more powerful as martyrs than they were in life. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Alvarez.doc

Love and Language in Alvarez' 'Garcia Girls'
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A five page paper on Julia Alvarez' 'How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent.' The paper discusses how the dual themes of love and language run through the novel, helping the immigrants come to a fuller appreciation of who they are. No additional sources.
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RULFO AND THE BURNING PLAIN
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This 5-page paper examines two stories from Rulfo's The Burning Plain: "We Are Very Poor" and "Talpa." The paper describes how these stories illustrate the hardships experienced by the Mexican people and human condition.
Filename: MTburpla.rtf

Jean Rhys' 'Wide Sargasso Sea'
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8 pages in length. The extent to which Edward Rochester, in Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea, was like a Spanish conquistador compels the reader to imagine that the author did a considerable amount of research in order for him to convey such characteristics. History has demonstrated the Spanish conquistador as terribly cruel and heartless individual who proceeded to retrieve whatever his heart desired with an incomparable boldness and tenacity. Like his historical counterpart, Rochester exhibits many of the same inherent traits when it comes to emotional manipulation. The writer draws comparisons between Rochester and the Spanish conquistadors. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Sargasso9.wps

Jean Rhys's 'Wide Sargasso Sea' / Antoinette's Struggle With Racial Identity
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5 pages in length. In Jean Rhys's compelling novel about racial tension amidst confusion and anxiety, the author addresses this subtext in such a way as to portray Antoinette as a product of an intolerant society. While more of an underlying theme, the character's racial inner struggles in Wide Sargasso Sea represent a significance to the story's overall flavor and intensity, being that Antoinette is torn the entire time between calling herself black or white. The writer discusses who she really is, and why she is having such a difficult time coming to terms with her true identity. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLC_Sea.doc

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