You might know me from my lead and all so famous role on Futurama as the awesome robot Bender. Now I come to you through a blog in which I shall critique a book I am reading for fun.
I hate all humans, but when I read this novel I began to understand why Earth makes such a big deal about them. These ugly creatures possess emotion and can be down right interesting. Especially that Patria, she's dirty but my kind of girl. The one they call Maria Teresa though she could learn a thing or two from Patria on being awesome. Wait update Patria is married and has two kids now. Boring never mind I guess Minerva is where it's at with her new found knowledge of how demonic and cruel her country really is. I'm surprised considering she lives in a dictatorship country and she had to have her pal Sinita spark the realization and fear that is the realization of life in the Dominican Republic. Humans, so slow to learn but so fast to believe lies feed to them by their government. The character Minerva has always longed to leave her home in search for adventure like any normal human. So when she gets the chance to leave to a Catholic school far from home she does not hesitate, Catholic school strange kid. Anyways as I said before it was not the adventure she was hoping for but it was the one she needed to truly grow up mentally and physically. She now knows that Trujillo, this cool dictator guy, is evil. Well, duh Minerva he's a dictator like Hitler was and Mussolini and many other well known cruel leaders in history. So this sparks something within her that causes her to be a righteous rebel that will soon make her own mark in history. Her sisters however are not truly shown the truth so they battle with just boring personal problems that really only lead to nothingness. Maria Teresa, also called Mate, like Patria battles with love, women. Patria abandons her life of religiousness for a while and has two sons and loses one to a miscarriage. However she kept her loss of faith a secret supported by the quote "Yes, for a long time after losing my faith, I went on, making believe (Alverez55)." The loss caused a lot of conflict within her self and her beliefs also causing her to go on a pilgrimage. Dede who I believe I have not mentioned yet is the one reminiscing and sharing this whole story. She shows hints of jealousy here and there and believes that women should not do certain things like play sports and participate in politics. The total opposite of Minerva who wants to be a lawyer. Other than this Dede is pretty boring in so many ways and is just used as a witness of her sisters greatness. However she is the one that lived the longest so maybe being boring has its benefits, like survival. That's why I dedicate the song Survivor sung by Destiny's child to Dede and the parts in the song about being stronger and wiser to the rest of the Mirabel sisters.
