For many years, the definition of a hero has been vague and unclear. People with different perspectives worshiped their own heroes. From a businessman's eyes, a hero may be someone who can come with brilliant idea, in contrast, patriots may praise the ones who are willing to sacrifice for the nation. However, from the contradiction of thousands of unique thoughts, a common ground can be drawn between them. That is, a hero is not being what he can be nor being more than what he can be, but to be what she never thought he could possibly be. Not long since, a teacher, an image that is traditionally thought to be soft, who does not employ to protect the students' lives with his, was shot because he was trying to save the students from the bloody claw of the shooters, he was admired greatly. In the same situation, if replaced the teacher with a police officer, he will also be admired, but not as greatly as the teacher. This is because he was trained that way, he has the responsibility, he has prepared to sacrifice therefore, the courage he has paid is far less compare to a teacher who was trained to teach. The similar situation has happened in the novel In the T

Thirty- four years of sleepless nights, a hundred and thirty-six seasons of loneliness can break anyone but not Dede. With all that have happened, Dede has survived, but lived as a corpse. Interminable sadness has consumed Dede spiritually, bearing the loss of her sisters, she can barely breath with the massive bars on her shoulders, yet she survives. Raising the children and preserving the truth have become more important that her own life. Although she should be the one who wants to keep the secret remains secret, because the others will mostly likely to misunderstand her action as chicken-like, she admits what she has done, and passes the truth to the descendants. "She is setting up her life, as it was an exhibit labeled neatly for those who can read: The sister who survived." And "Everyone wants to buy a policy from the woman who just missed being killed along with the other three sisters." Have become two of the countless ironical embarrassments in her life, but for the sake of passing on the truth, she has faced them bravely. How many times she has heard the yap behind her back about this and about that, how many times she has been screaming within "You have misunderstood me." when there is no one around? Even Minou, her kinship has asked her "I have always wondered, I mean, you all were so close, why you did not go along with them?", what can she say, defend herself, but will the people in the circumstance where they determine the remainder is always "mortally afraid of death" . Will they believe that she has sell all her sisters for a happy life or she has lived painfully and willingly only to pass the message? She has picked the wrong path apparently, if she dies with the other Mirabal sisters, she does not have to raise the kids with painstaking efforts. Instead of teasing by the people, she will become the idol for them to admire, if the truth is lucky enough not be executed by the corrupted government. However, even though time can go back and she will have another chance to pick over, she will choose the same path she has chosen before, the path that will scare anyone else away but also the most heroic and the most meaningful path. She does not do it with the desire of being admired by the others, in contrast, this path that will not bring her reputation nor praises but teasing.

ime of the Butterflies. All four but one Mirbal Sisters have prepared to sacrifice. But there is one, the only exception, the only unsung heroine among the four, the one who was trained to be the traditional housekeeper, the one who lived unwillingly after all three sisters are gone, and her name is Dede.

Although the changes in her are gradual and nonviolent, from obeying every word her husband says to divorce with her husband, she has to defeat many moral standards within herself. Her courageous action has influenced much greater than what she and everybody else thinks,

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Approximate Word count = 1945
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)