TRUJILLO
HOW DOES TRUJILLO CONTROL AND MANIPULATE HIS INNER CIRCLE?
PUT HIS FAMILY IN POSITIONS OF POWER
Who is Urania's father?
Agustin Cabral (Close supporter of Trujillo in beginning, was in bad terms with Trujillo right before the assassination)
Who are the Mariposas and what are their significance?
They are the Mirabal Sisters and they led the revolution against Trujillo.
How did Imbert's opinion of Trujillo change throughout the book?
He was a supporter of Trujillo and he ended up hating him in the end.
What sport does Viv play?
Soccer
What factors led to loss of support for Trujillo?
The various events in the timeline!
(Haitian Massacre, Bishop denouncement in 1960, various assassination attempts, etc.)
What happened to the people that supported Trujillo after his assassination?
Poverty and Social Isolation
"The family was ruined when Trujillo died, that's the truth. They threw my papa out of the tobacco Company and he neverfound another job. Because he was your father's brother-in-law, just because of that."
What is the treatment and perception of women in the book?
Trujillo took advantage of women with his power. Women were seen as submissive. (Mirabal sisters were a surprising exception to stereotypical female roles)
"Tony Imbert told himself that until he knew Minerva Mirabal, it had never occurred to him that a woman could dedicate herself to things as manly as planning a revolution"
What motivated Imbert to assassinate Trujillo?
Imbert began to see the effects of the dictatorship on the civilians in the DR:
"the facade of a country that under the severe but inspired leadership of an extraordinary statesman was moving ahead at a quickstep, lay a grim spectacle of people destroyed, mistreated, and deceived, the enthronement, through propaganda and violence, of a monstrous lie." (141)
Where does Jose call home?
Phoenix, Arizona
What was the public perception of Trujillo when he first took over?
The GOAT was the savior.
"They all thought the Goat was the savior of the Nation, the man who ended the caudillo wars, did away with the threat of a new invasion from Haiti, called a halt to a humiliating dependency on the United States, brought the country's bestminds into the government."
How did Urania's U.S education impact her perspective of Trujillo?
She realizes that Trujillo is a dictator.
The Generalissimo's most loyal servant," mocks Urania. "For a man capable of committing monstrous crimes for Trujillo to be suspected of complicity with his assassins- that really was an injustice! She stops because of the reproach she sees on her cousin's round face. (156)
What is the description of Haitians according to Trujillo?
They were a threat to the Dominican people (criminals and rapists).
"To keep the blacks from colonizing us again. There were tens of thousands of them , and they were everywhere. If I hadn't, the Dominican Republic would not exist today. The entire island would be Haiti, as it was in 1840"
Why did Agustin Cabral say that the worst thing that can happen to a Dominican is to be intelligent?
"Sooner or late Trujillo will call upon them to serve in the regime-- one is not permitted to say no."
What grade should Viv and Jose get on a scale of 1-10 (for profe :))
10/10, 100%, ATE left no crumbs