http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/paule-marshall Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:31:16 -0400 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:31:16 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/63/religion-in-caribbean-literature By Marion A. Davis - The language of religion plays an important part in the novels Brown Girl, Brownstones; The Farming of Bones; and In the Time of the Butterflies. In Brown Girl, Brownstones, the author presents the intricate Silla as a woman who is weary of her work and calls on the “Lord” for “power” (Marshall 224).  In The Farming of Bones, poignant symbols of hardships faced due to ethnic cleansing rest in examples such as the pronunciation of the word perejil and the religious value of Massacre River. In the Time of the Butterflies describes the lives of the Mirabal sisters in... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:09 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/63/religion-in-caribbean-literature