Doloritas Character Analysis in The Farming of Bones

Doloritas is one of two Dominican sisters whom Amabelle meets while fleeing from the massacre. Doloritas and her sister Dolores only speak Spanish, but they are traveling to Haiti because they hope to find Doloritas’s Haitian partner (who was taken from their bed) there. Doloritas has promised to learn Creole and live with him in Haiti, showing how cultural and linguistic identity can be flexible, even for the Dominican people whom Trujillo insists must remain pure. Along with Dolores, Doloritas leaves the group at Wilner’s request, because the sisters will be safe traveling alone due to their ability to speak Spanish fluently.

Doloritas Quotes in The Farming of Bones

The The Farming of Bones quotes below are all either spoken by Doloritas or refer to Doloritas. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

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“We are Dominicanas,” Dolores explained.

“They took him,” Doloritas added. “They came in the night and took him from our bed.”

“We have yet to learn your language,” Dolores said.

“We are together six months, me and my man,” Doloritas said. “I told him I would learn Kreyòl for when we visit his family in Haiti.”

“I know nothing,” Dolores said. “Doloritas was lost when they took him. She wanted to go to the border to look for him.

Related Characters: Doloritas (speaker), Dolores (speaker)

Page Number and Citation: 175

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Doloritas Quotes in The Farming of Bones

The The Farming of Bones quotes below are all either spoken by Doloritas or refer to Doloritas. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

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“We are Dominicanas,” Dolores explained.

“They took him,” Doloritas added. “They came in the night and took him from our bed.”

“We have yet to learn your language,” Dolores said.

“We are together six months, me and my man,” Doloritas said. “I told him I would learn Kreyòl for when we visit his family in Haiti.”

“I know nothing,” Dolores said. “Doloritas was lost when they took him. She wanted to go to the border to look for him.

Related Characters: Doloritas (speaker), Dolores (speaker)

Page Number and Citation: 175

Explanation and Analysis:

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Doloritas Character Analysis

Doloritas Quotes in The Farming of Bones

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