The Process

1. In groups of three of four…

2. pick a role that each individual will assume… (note that there are more roles than needed so you do have some choice.)

3. Thoroughly investigate any pertinent information relating to your novel by utilizing the Web, the text itself, and the library. Your research should be based on a minimum of four or five secondary sources…

4.

Web Links:

http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/

http://www.fronteramag.com/issue5/Alvarez/ “The Politics of Fiction” by Marny Requa

http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/Bahri/Alvarez.html

Biographical and thematic sketch

http://www.lasmujeres.com/juliaalvarez/profile.shtml

biographical details

http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/alvarez-audition.html

Julia Alvarez’s experience of becoming an immigrant in the Dominican Republic

poem

http://www.internet-catalyst.org/projects/amproject/toc.html

http://www.jlhs.nhusd.k12.ca.us/classes/social_science/latin_america/Dominican_Republic.html

This is a good website about Trujillo and the Dominican Republic....images of a map, Trujillo and the DR flag