3rd,+Maria+Teresa

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Maria Teresa, 3rd period Ben Hauser, William Dickey, Sarah Click, and Jackson Egan

Definition: Identity Crisis--An uncertainty or confusion of one's purpose or beliefs in one's life in which one searches for a resolution for these conflicts

Close Reader Passages: Pg. 39, Paragraphs 2-3: //I asked Minerva why she was doing such a dangerous thing. And then, she said the strangest thing.She wanted me to grow up in a free country. "And it isn't that already?" I asked...Minerva didn't answer me.//

Pg. 39, Paragraphs 6-8: //Everything looks just a little different...I think of [who is going to be] killed...I see the picture of our president with eyes that follow me around the room, and I am thinking he is trying to catch me doing something wrong. Before, I always thought our president was like God, watching over everything I did.//

Connector Passages and Combined Notes:
 * As her participation in the cult of Trujillo wanes, she loses her role model and sense of direction
 * "Before, I always thought our president was like God"
 * She thought her country was free, but Minerva says that what she hated beforehand (those who go against Trujillo) are actually freer
 * "Minerva didn't answer [my question of freedom]"
 * Loss of role and leadership leads to questioning of basic morals
 * "Who is going to be killed"