Quarter 4 Blog #5

We have completed reading the novel, In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez. The ending of the book was depressing. 3 of the 4 Mirabal sisters die horribly because of Trujillo's guards. In my opinion, the overall feeling of the novel was filled with good times leading to a sad future. I really enjoyed the fun events that took place on the way to the climax and eventually the resolution of the novel, but the ending really hit it home. The fact that the 3 sisters die at the end shows the main point of the novel, that even when you fight against what's wrong, you can always be taken down, in this case, with your lives. I found the book interesting because it was told in multiple point of views, but disliked it in the fact that it was pretty lengthy. It was a good book overall.