Who is Virgilio Morales? What is the author telling the reader when she writes, "No matter what Mamá said later, she was at first very taken with Virgilio Morales"?

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9 October, 22:21

Who is Virgilio Morales? What is the author telling the reader when she writes, "No matter what Mamá said later, she was at first very taken with Virgilio Morales"?

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Landen Newman · Answer 1

Virgilio Morales was a communist.

The writer means that mama now do not like Virgilio because he is a communist.

Explanation:

"In the Time of Butterflies" is a historical fiction written by Julia Alvarez.

In the novel, character Virgilio Morales was a thin and tall man who wears the wire-rimmed glasses. He is also known by another name as Lio in the novel.

Lio was a communist and also participated and was the leader of the revolution. He was bold in speaking out publicly against the government.

When Mama got to know that Lio was a communist she started disliking him.