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McKall: I would feel betrayed because I trusted them, but all they were really doing was trying to get me to do what they wanted. I would feel incredibly hurt and would never ask them for advice ever again.
GiGi: The second I figured out what was happening I would come to the conclusion that I can't trust anyone except myself.
Salsabin: I would be very angry and betrayed because they weren't helping me at all they were just trying to convince me otherwise. I would feel as if no one is trustworthy in the world.
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Sydney: I think I identify most with Patria and Dede. Patria, because she is close with her family. Dede, because I like to feel secure where I am in life, but I would help my sisters if they were in trouble.
GiGi: Minerva is my match because she's the sister that doesn't always follow what everyone else is doing. I just go with the flow and let things work their way into place. Minerva was living her life by the moment, not rushing into marriage but putting her prorities straight that she did want to get a degree in law.
Salsabin: I think i'm like Patria because like Patria i'm very close with my family but if any of my family members are in trouble I would do anything to help. Like Patria I also like to do what my heart tells me to rather than think about it.
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What do you believe is the real connection between people? Explain why you think it is.
Sydney: I think that connections can be made with a person if you have common experiences. If you have had similar experiences, you can understand the other person's point of view.
GiGi: Connection is both mentally and physically demanding. After you start talking to someone or just being around a person your heart will feel right, like you're at home with that certain individual. When you have a connection with someone you don't have to necessarily think about what you say for they will most likely feel the same way, with no words to even describe at times.
Salsabin: I think a connection is a mixture of things. You can't force yourself to connect with someone and it doesn't take a lot of time to connect with someone either. A connection should happen right away. It comes from similarties in hobbies, personalities, or experiences. You have a connection to someone you have things in common with.
Do you ever feel like someone/something is spying on your life like the servants at the Mirabal farm? In what ways?
McKall: Not necessarily spying, but there have been situation where all eyes have been on me and what decisions I make. For example, what college I will attend and what grades I must get and so on.
GiGi: Sometimes I get into these deep thoughts about if the government is really listening in on my phone calls, or while i'm typing this right now someone is watching me through my webcam.
Salsabin: I never really feel like someone is spying on me but I always think that God is watching our every move. As of my parents it's not really spying but when i'm doing something they would disapprove of I feel like they know and i'm going to get in trouble.
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Question: What do you think the mission will be?
Mckall said to keep Sinita from doing things she will regret. Maggie said it is forshadowing, Sinita protecting people from Trujillo.
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PassagePassage three summary
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Question: Would you follow these three cardinal rules if you were in Jail?
Maggie said that if you were trying to be dignified in Jail then yes.
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Passage twelve summary - The three sisters Minerva, Mate and Patria moved quickly toward the Jeep, hurrying as if they had to catch up with that truck. It was as if they were girls again, walking through the dark part of the yard, a little afraid, a little excited by their fears, anticipating the lighted house just around the bend - That's the way she felt as they started up the first mountain.
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McKall: I would feel betrayed because I trusted them, but all they were really doing was trying to get me to do what they wanted. I would feel incredibly hurt and would never ask them for advice ever again.
GiGi: The second I figured out what was happening I would come to the conclusion that I can't trust anyone except myself.
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Which sister do you identify yourself with and why? If not one in particular, what traits would you combine and from which sisters?
McKall: I think I identify most with Dede because I like to stay out of things that tend to not turn out well. I know what the outcome would be, and I would try not to let it affect me or my family. But, like Dede, I would do something. I wouldn't just sit around and take no part in it. Dede did an amazing job a keeping everything going while the girls were in jail and after their deaths.
Sydney: I think I identify most with Patria and Dede. Patria, because she is close with her family. Dede, because I like to feel secure where I am in life, but I would help my sisters if they were in trouble.
in law.
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What do you believe is the real connection between people? Explain why you think it is.
McKall: I think that the connection come from something within. That feeling that you can't explain, but you know that something is there. I believe that an innitial connection can be made through what is seen like religion or race, but a true connection that last comes from within.
Sydney: I think that connections can be made with a person if you have common experiences. If you have had similar experiences, you can understand the other person's point of view.
at times.
Do you ever feel like someone/something is spying on your life like the servants at the Mirabal farm? In what ways?
McKall: Not necessarily spying, but there have been situation where all eyes have been on me and what decisions I make. For example, what college I will attend and what grades I must get and so on.
GiGi: Sometimes I get into these deep thoughts about if the government is really listening in on my phone calls, or while i'm typing this right now someone is watching me through my webcam.
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Read PagePages 258 and 259
Passage one summary - The whole Mirabal family is outside on a clear moonlit night before the future began. They are sitting in the cool darkness under the anacahuita tree in the front yard, in the rockers, telling stories, drinking guanábana juice.
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mission, a misiionmission that in
Question: What do you think the mission will be?
Mckall said to keep Sinita from doing things she will regret. Maggie said it is forshadowing, Sinita protecting people from Trujillo.
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Passage three summary know. Everything looklooks a little
Page #: 39
Paragraph #: 3 (bottom of page)
passage because at this pointit just shows how strict and secretive their is a true mystery behind Sinita being a charity child. This is a very strong point in the book because Minerva is told to take care of her, feeling as though she had been given a mission, a misiion that in unknown to us all at the moment.society is.
Question: How could their president EL Jefe be worshipped for such terrible things? María Teresa states - "I see the picture of our president with the 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." Do you feel this way toward Barack Obama.
Maggie says that the people didn't know the wrong things he was doing. Everyone disagrees toward Barack Obama feeling like a God.
"that you woundn'twouldn't live long,
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I chose this passage because it really describes Patria and how she was born with good morals.
Question: Have you ever met a mature baby?
her easily, and at age
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Passage five summary - Minou stops by at Fela's whenever she comes to visit her aunt.
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No one deserveddeserves that and
Question: What was your first reaction after reading that Minerva was not given the license to practice?
Maggie and Salsabin said that they were angry and shocked because El Jefe promised her.
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Passage eight summary
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I chose this passage because it really shows how different their life is now. Minerva was going to be on the road alot and make sacrifices that leads to her giving up her six-month old baby!
in Minerva's Situation,Situation would you
Maggie said that she would have probably done the same thing of giving her baby to Patria; to keep the baby out of trouble. Sydney also said that if Minerva did get caught, they might have killed the baby.
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I chose this passage because it was an alernative I never heard before, and I thought it was really interesting especially when El Jefe was ruining her life and taking away everyone in her family, but she still managed to stay calm and pray to him.
use this alernativealternative to make someone behave theythe way you wanted? self worth theythen they are
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so much innocenseinnocence in something results in something a massacre horrible massacre in every loved ones.
Question: Before reading the Epilogue, did you know all along how the three sisters Minerva, Mate and Patria were going to end their lives?
Sydney and Salsabin said that they were going to be killed through the government but didn't know that it was going to be in that exact way shape and form.
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Gigi: She went to a fortune teller and the lady knew that she was going to California in a month and the fortune teller was asking her very specific questions about her family and her life.
2. Do you know anyone that has married in their family, like a cousin?
Sydney: Sydney's moms brothersmom's brother's wife went with her dads sistersdad's sister's husband but
3. Do you think your parents have a favorite child?
Sydney: She doesn't think her parents have a favorite child but her dad gives her little sister whatever she asks for beccause she is the youngest in their family.

How would you react if someone who you consider to be sagelike and great for advice had actually been advising you because they partial to that side the whole time; like Padre de Jesus for Dede.
McKall: I would feel betrayed because I trusted them, but all they were really doing was trying to get me to do what they wanted. I would feel incredibly hurt and would never ask them for advice ever again.
can't trust anyone. anyone except myself.
Which sister do you identify yourself with and why? If not one in particular, what traits would you combine and from which sisters?
McKall: I think I identify most with Dede because I like to stay out of things that tend to not turn out well. I know what the outcome would be, and I would try not to let it affect me or my family. But, like Dede, I would do something. I wouldn't just sit around and take no part in it. Dede did an amazing job a keeping everything going while the girls were in jail and after their deaths.
Sydney: I think I identify most with Patria and Dede. Patria, because she is close with her family. Dede, because I like to feel secure where I am in life, but I would help my sisters if they were in trouble.
her life by the moment, not rushing into marriage but putting her prorities straight that she did want to get a degree in law.
What do you believe is the real connection between people? Explain why you think it is.
McKall: I think that the connection come from something within. That feeling that you can't explain, but you know that something is there. I believe that an innitial connection can be made through what is seen like religion or race, but a true connection that last comes from within.
Sydney: I think that connections can be made with a person if you have common experiences. If you have had similar experiences, you can understand the other person's point of view.
GiGi: Connection is both mentally and physically demanding. After you start talking to someone or just being around a person your heart will feel right, like you're at home with that certain individual. When you have a connection with someone you don't have to necessarily think about what you say for they will most likely feel the same way, with no words to even describe at times.
Do you ever feel like someone/something is spying on your life like the servants at the Mirabal farm? In what ways?
McKall: Not necessarily spying, but there have been situation where all eyes have been on me and what decisions I make. For example, what college I will attend and what grades I must get and so on.
GiGi: Sometimes I get into these deep thoughts about if the government is really listening in on my phone calls, or while i'm typing this right now someone is watching me through my webcam.

Strewn - to scatter
Imminent - likely to occur at any moment
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