In the Time of the Butterflies

Papa send Minerva to a religious school

Minerva's friend trys to kill Trujillo during a school event that Trujillo was watching

Graduates school

Find letters in dads jacket pocket from Lio, who she has not seem in a long time

She finds out Papa is cheating on her mother and has four other daughters. Minerva crashes the Jeep into the Ford when she finds out.

Minerva finally realizes that she wants a man in her life

The Maribals get invited to Trujillos party. No one at the party dances until El Jefe has the first dance. later on in the party El Jefe dance with Minerva. He try's advance from dancing but Minerva slaps him in the face.

Minerva is taken into questioning and askeed about the letters from Lio Morales. They ask her if she is in contact with him, she is not. Papa is taken prisoner and has a heart attack in jail. When they are all together Minerva gambles for there life. they tie so they are let go.

Minerva is getting married to Manolo on a very rainy day.

Graduates law school but Trujillo dose not let her practice.

In prison Minerva holds "little school" to talk about what the new government should look like. She got this from listening to the illegal radio. Castro did this when he was in prison.

Sanctions against the D.R. were passed

Minerva remembers time sharing room with Dede

Minerva finds out her husband is at La Victoria Prison and that Manolo and Leanardo are at Puerto Plata

Wondering if they should stop at the spot of a ambush

Goes to same school as Minerva, Minerva give her a little book to write in.

Comes up with list of resolves for 1946

Mate thinks that Trujillo is a good person

Finds out that Minerva sneaks out and asks her why. Minerva dose not respond.

has night mares about papas death

has 1st kiss

Gets news from gossip section of the new paper. In the section of the paper is where you read about what Trujillo dose to people who have spoke out against him.

Mate is staying at Minerva's house when in the middle of the night she hears knocking at the door. It is a man delivering a big package to Minerva and Manolo. After talking to the man She decides she wants to be a butterfly.

Mate has a new baby named Jacqueline

Mate thought she was above the other non political inmates until on day she had a break down in prison. the non political's offered her there 10 minutes of looking out the window.

Mate and Minerva receive packages from there family and share the goods evenly through out the cell with all the other girls

Get to see family for frist time while in prison

prison guards take away all Crufixes

Mate has discovered she can hide papers in her hair

Mate hides papers in her hair to give to the OAS to help impose sanctions in the Dominican Republic.

Married to Pedro Gonzales, has two kids Nelson and Nori

Has night mares about house burning down killing her babies

Loses a baby before birth

Patrica has first son named Ernersto

Minerva gives her Patria her 5 month old baby because she could not raise her during the rebellion,

The family takes a retreat and on the last day they are attacked her son Noris died

Has new baby boy named Raul Ernesto

The SIM (the D.R.'s secret police) were staying and Patrias house

The picture of Trujillo was being moved around the house to eventually it was in a part of the house that no one goes in.

to Patria every one is equal in the eyes of god

Patria is wondering how her son Nelson is being treated in jail, as a man or as a boy.

When Patria passes the picture of Trujillo he say a prayer and act as if he is one of her own, just troubled.

Making a package for Minerva and Mate in prison

Trujillo kills general and husband, the general was fooling around with husbands wife Trujillo takes them both and kills them

T. is killing non-supporters of his regime

T. starts having affair with Lina

Papa Dies

23rd year of Trujillo

Castro Just freed Cuba

The government calls a state of emergency to stop/delay invasion of rebels and it works

El Jefe wants the sisters dead

Guards surround the car on the little lonely road

the guards killed the sisters and driver then put them back in the car and pushed them over a cliff to look like a accident.