Question

read the excerpts from the beginning, middle, and end of \a genetics of justice\ by julia alvarez
passage a
perhaps because i was spared, at ten, from the dictatorship my parents endured most of their lives, i often imagine what it must have been like for them growing up under the absolute rule of generalísimo rafael leonidas trujillo.
passage b
i knew very little about what was actually going on in the dominican republic. whenever la situación on the island came up, my parents spoke in hushed voices.
passage c
then i started to work on my second novel. my mother heard from one of my sisters that i was writing about
how does the author develop the central idea across these excerpts?
○ alvarez shows how, throughout her life, she learned about the dictatorship from her parents’ fear of and responses to it.
○ alvarez wrote about life under the dictatorship, even though doing so ruined her relationship with her mother.
○ alvarez shows how her lifelong fascination with her parents’ life under the dictatorship was the basis for her writing
○ alvarez shows how her mother counted on her to someday write a novel about the dictatorship

Explanation:

To determine the correct answer, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: The excerpts don't focus on her learning from parents' fear/responses throughout her life. Passage A is about imagining parents' experience, Passage B about limited knowledge from parents, Passage C about writing. So this is incorrect.
• Option 2: There's no mention of her relationship with her mother being ruined by writing about the dictatorship. So this is incorrect.
• Option 3: Passage A shows her imagination about parents' life under dictatorship, Passage B shows her limited knowledge (fascination) about the situation from parents, Passage C shows her writing about it. This aligns with her lifelong fascination with parents' life under dictatorship being the basis for her writing.
• Option 4: There's no mention of her mother counting on her to write a novel about the dictatorship. So this is incorrect.

Answer:

Alvarez shows how her lifelong fascination with her parents' life under the dictatorship was the basis for her writing.