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In The Time Of The Butterflies Chapter 5 Summary

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This second journal is based on chapters five to seven of In The Time of the Butterflies. I think that these chapters are very important for the plot of the novel. Chapter five is from Dede's perspective. In this chapter, Dede and her sister Minerva meet a man named Lio, and he is a revolutionist like Minerva. They fall in love, but Minerva does not want to admit it. Later, Lio decides to move to a safer location because his protests are getting him in trouble with the government. He writes a letter for Minerva and gives it to Dede so that she could bring the letter to her sister. However, Dede reads the letter and finds out that Lio wants to ask Minerva to move with him, so Dede burns the letter to keep her sister safe with her family. I think

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