Dominicans faced many limits to their freedoms like the freedom of speech and the feeling of being unsafe in their own home and country. The women had not nearly as many great opportunities as the men had like going to college to get a degree to becoming vulnerable victims to Trujillo. Finally the Dominicans struggled with the government because of the military and Trujillo. Everyone struggles in life but what matters the most is whether you are the person who doesn’t let it stop you or are you the person who curls up in a ball in the corner and does nothing to stop it and just waits for it to destroy