After slapping Minerva Papa says, “That’s to remind you that you owe your father some respect” (Alvarez 89). This shows how that a father in the Dominican Republic expect their daughters to treat them with the upmost respect and that women should not speak their minds towards men. Along those lines when Minerva got the invitation to Trujillo’s dinner she asked to if she could go to school to become a lawyer. Minerva wanting to be a lawyer is something that is uncommon for women in the Dominican Republic because they are to be mothers and wives nothing more and nothing less. When Minerva asked if she could be a lawyer with amusement Trujillo replies, “A woman like you a lawyer” (Alvarez 98). With the topic at hand Trujillo is showing how women having jobs is frowned upon. Women faced a lot of oppression during the regime when it came to them waiting to have an education. When telling Mate about University Minerva says, “We women at the University are particularly grateful for the opportunities afforded us for higher education in this regime” (Alvarez 136). Minerva is telling her sister how women should be grateful for educational opportunities because in the regime women do not get certain
After slapping Minerva Papa says, “That’s to remind you that you owe your father some respect” (Alvarez 89). This shows how that a father in the Dominican Republic expect their daughters to treat them with the upmost respect and that women should not speak their minds towards men. Along those lines when Minerva got the invitation to Trujillo’s dinner she asked to if she could go to school to become a lawyer. Minerva wanting to be a lawyer is something that is uncommon for women in the Dominican Republic because they are to be mothers and wives nothing more and nothing less. When Minerva asked if she could be a lawyer with amusement Trujillo replies, “A woman like you a lawyer” (Alvarez 98). With the topic at hand Trujillo is showing how women having jobs is frowned upon. Women faced a lot of oppression during the regime when it came to them waiting to have an education. When telling Mate about University Minerva says, “We women at the University are particularly grateful for the opportunities afforded us for higher education in this regime” (Alvarez 136). Minerva is telling her sister how women should be grateful for educational opportunities because in the regime women do not get certain