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Who is chucha and where is she from?
Chucha is Anita’s family’s housekeeper, who is originally from Haiti. She’s been with the family since Papi was a baby and the family trusts her with everything.
Navajita is a SIM agent who arrests Papi and Tío Toni. His name means “little razor blade.” Though Anita wonders where he got his nickname, she fortunately never finds out. Tío Carlos is Carla’s father.
Who is the antagonist in Before We Were Free?
While only appearing in a few scenes in the novel, Trujillo is the antagonist and driving force behind the story’s conflict. He preys on young women and creates a cult culture surrounding himself.
Who is Mrs Brown in Before We Were Free?
Mrs. Brown is Anita’s teacher at the American school. She is generally nice, but Anita observes some discriminatory behaviors—for example, Mrs. Brown gives the good parts in skits to American rather than Dominican students.
Who are the four Garcia daughters?
The novel’s collection of fifteen short stories relates, in reverse chronological order, the experiences of the de la Torre-García family: patriarch Carlos (Papi), mother Laura (Mami), and their four daughters—Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofia.
What is Anita’s brothers name?
She has grown up among her entire extended family, but when her relatives flee to the United States for mysterious reasons, the only people who remain are Anita’s nuclear family: her Mami and Papi, her older sister Lucinda, her older brother Mundín, and her family’s housekeeper Chucha.
How does Anita’s diary disappear?
Anita is writing Chucha’s words to Sam in her diary when Mami knocks on the door. Anita erases her entry and shoves the diary under her pillow.
Who is the SIM that came to search Anita’s house?
The SIM are after Uncle Toni and are suspicious of Anita’s family. Anita’s father decides the Washburn’s, an American family, should move in with them so that hopefully the SIM will leave them alone.
Who is the oldest Garcia girl?
Carla
Carla. Carla is the oldest of the four García sisters. Carla’s always been pretty bossy, but when…
How did Laura feel about herself Garcia Girls?
Laura comes from a very wealthy, privileged and influential family in the Dominican Republic. As a daughter of the de la Torre clan and a doctor’s wife, she considers herself entitled to a degree of social respect and material privilege that is unrealistic to expect as a recent immigrant.