How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
The only consolation is that if I was hot, "Queen" Angelita must have been burning up.
Imagine, in this heat wearing a gown sprinkled with rubies, diamonds, and pearls, and bordered with 150 feet of Russian ermine. It took 600 skins to make that border! All this was published in the paper like we should be impressed. (2.7.171-172)
When the women are forced to march in "support" of Trujillo (can you call it support if it's required?), his daughter Angelita presides over the parade. Her show of wealth, with jewels and fur, is ridiculous in the tropical heat, but it's meant to elevate her above the ranks of the common people.
Quote #8
Mate and Leandro had already had two different addresses in a year of marriage. Renters, they called themselves, the city word for the squatters we pity here in the country. (2.8.8)
Patria is showing her snobby side here. For her, owning land, like she and Pedrito and her parents do, is the only way to be respectable. Her sisters and their husbands are pitiable because they rent. Of course, she doesn't realize yet that Mate and Leandro aren't settling down because they're working on a bigger scheme than just a farm.
Quote #9
"All human beings are born with rights derived from God that no earthly power can take away."
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"To deny these rights is a grave offense against God, against the dignity of man."
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The church had at last thrown in its lot with the people! (3.10.65-71)
The letter read in the pulpits on the Sunday that the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic finally decides to take a stand against Trujillo uses the language of human rights, aligning them with religious principles. Check out the UN's Declaration of Human Rights and for a comparison.