Time line Mate

·         Born 1935

·         Receives first diary at age 10 from Minerva

·         Feb 18 1946 first time she lied for Minerva

·         July 23 buried first diary

·         Dec 1953 father died and she receives her 2^nd diary fat the funeral she is introduced to the other Maribal girls

·         July 3 graduates she was forced to choose between Raul and Betro and she decided to choose neither

·         Sept 19 she leaves for the capital and goes to school with Minerva, originally going to school to be a lawyer now she changed to philosophy and this is the first time Mate tries to be her own person

·         April 28 1956 was awarded to be queen of the capital

·         Took a break from writing until 1957

·         Summer break 1957 she moves in with Minerva. She first meets Palomino when he was dropping off a package at her window. This is where she first finds out about the revolution. The next day she decides to join the revolution. While in the home Mate also mends Minerva’s marriage.

·         Oct. 14 Mate moves back to the capital after summer break and now becomes “Mariposa #2” important because this means butterfly.

·         Dec 16 Palomino and Mate confess love for each other and here is the first time they both find out what each other’s real names are. (Palomino- Leandro Guzman Rodriguez

·         Feb 14 1958- Palomino and Mate wed

·         Mate had her daughter named Jacquelyn

·         March 16 1958- Mate has been in jail for 55 days now and this is significant because she sneaked in a journal.