 The construction of fictions surrounding the events of Trujillo 's regime allow a degree of freedom from the horrors that took places . Author Julia Alvarez contends that these events can " only finally be understood by fiction , only finally be redeemed by the imagination " , while Richard Patterson claims that Vargas Llosa " reconfigures , and to a large degree demythologizes " Trujillo and his brutal reign through use of narrative structure . Vargas Llosa 's writing acts as a cathartic force for this period in history . 
 The construction of fictions surrounding the events of Trujillo <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>regime allow a degree of freedom from the horrors <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a>took places . Author Julia Alvarez <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>contends</mark></a> that these events can " only finally be understood by fiction , only finally be redeemed by the imagination " , while Richard Patterson <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>claims</mark></a> that Vargas Llosa " <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>reconfigures</mark></a> , and to a large degree demythologizes " Trujillo and his brutal reign through use of narrative structure . Vargas Llosa <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>writing acts as a cathartic force for this period in history . 
The construction of fictions surrounding the events of Trujillo  regime allow a degree of freedom from the horrors took places . Author Julia Alvarez contend dat these events can " only finally be understood by fiction , only finally be redeemed by da imagination " , while Richard Patterson claim that Vargas Llosa " reconfigure , and to a bigass degree demythologizes " Trujillo and his brutal reign through use of narrative structure . Vargas Llosa  writing acts as a cathartic force fir this period in history .