4th,+Minerva

Minerva, 4th period

Identity Crisis: the state of being unsure or uncertain of who you are in the pursuit of finding yourself

It wasn't just my family putting on a big loyalty performance, but the whole country. When we got to school that fall, we were issued new history textbooks with a picture of you-know-who embossed on the cover so even a blind person could tell who the lies were all about. Our history now followed the plot of the Bible. We Dominicans had been waiting for centuries for the arrival of our lord Trujillo on the scene. It was pretty disgusting. (pg 24)
 * Minerva uses the word "disgusting' in comparison to Trujillo
 * "Even a blind person could tell who the lies were all about" --> Everyone should see the evil of this man
 * "Lord Trujillo" --> Contempt
 * "you-know-who" sarcastic way to show contempt
 * Her view of him has changed, respect has been lost, evolves in her own beliefs
 * Choosing to take a stand against the evils of Trujillo, instead of simmering in silence.

He was wearing a fancy white uniform with gold fringe epaulets and a breast of medals like an actor playing a part. (27)

But the nearer the big day approached, the more the specter of Lina haunted us as we did jumping jacks in the Lina Lovaton Gymnasium. Her beautiful portrait stared across the room at the picture of El Jefe on the opposite wall (pg 26)

We had written all our own lines instead of just reciting things from a book. That way we could say what we wanted instead of what the censors said we could say. Not that we were stupid enough to say anything bad about the government (25)