By the end of the story by Julia, you can see that each character had changed in some way. The novel begins with a simple family story by each girl of their childhood. As the story goes on and the plot begins to unfold, each sister moves into their own future path. We are introduced to them as a "family" showing how each one was in the sense a little bit different but the same in some characteristics also. Fro example. at the beginning all of the sisters possessed some of the same attributes. They were all strong and came off as "family oriented"people. As the story began to unfold and the true meaning as to why the family was in the Dominican Republic came to the open, we began to really see who each character was. In the case of Minerva and Mate, they both were on the same path with more of a following form Mate. But, as the revolution began to become important to each of them, Mate followed a different path. For Minerva and Mate, the revolution changed them. Becoming so consumed in changing the future of the country caused both of these sisters to change drastically throughout the story. Minerva always had the fight in her as we could see from the first chapters. She came off as a outspoken, persistent person who was very strong. As she began to become more intertwined with the resolution, these attributes came out even more. Instead of sticking to her traditional religious views she stepped out the box and stayed persistent and strong for something she believed in. Also, the revolution made a drastic change on Minerva's love life. Before the revolution Minerva was not to interested int eh man she ended up marrying but after she grew a love for the revolution she began to grow a love for him.  Mate has the most drastic changes in character because she went from being so immature and innocent into a grown, understanding, and strong young women.