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I think the reason why Alvarez wanted to bring this story to American readers is that she wanted to let Americans know about the pain that these sisters had to go through. I think this is an incredible story that people should know about and if Alvarez hadn’t brought it up, people wouldn’t be aware of it. I think this story is a wonderful piece to learn about Domician Republic and most important the dictator Trujillo who was a curse for these poor people. I would also call this book a history book. Because it’s physically taking about a family, it keeps you more in touch with reading it. I think Alvarez want us to gain sympathy, faith, and knowledge from knowing this history about these women. She wants the readers to know that how these women struggled every moment of their life for freedom from Trujillo. When the revolution began, how these women faced Trujillo without knowing the consequences and without thinking of their married life. I think she wants the readers to feel the moments that what these women went through and think about how they went through this difficult path and how three of them ended up losing their lives. She wants us to gain the courage to fight for our own rights, just like how these sisters did without knowing the consequences. This story is not an American story, but it’s written by an American reader. This story is about Domician Republic and four sisters and their families. Because Alvarez is American, so I think because of that it’s written more like American way. I think this story is connected to Alvarez because of her parents. In the novel, some of things are written by Alvarez, which didn’t happen with the four sisters. But those words talk freedom. I think her voice is that we are very fortunate if we have the freedom and all the rights to live a happy life. And if we do, we should live it to the fullest and we should we proud of ourselves.