Larvae/Caterpillar
Patria had three younger sisters, Dede, Maria Teresa, and Minerva, who showed her what life was all about. She loved her sisters very greatly. She loved her sisters because "Within a year, Dede was born, and then a year later Minerva came along, three babies in diapers!"(Alvarez 44). Her three sisters showed her what life was all about. Patria would do anything for her sisters because she loved them so much. Her papa said she would "...give anything away, your clothes, your food, your toys"(Alvarez 44). She was born loving everyone and everything. Patria loved her sisters to a great extent, so she would do anything for them, even give her life.