Question

read the two excerpts.
emembering to never forget: dominican republics parsley massacre by mark memmott seventy - five years ago, thousands of haitians were murdered in the dominican republic by a brutal dictator. it was one of the 20th centurys least - remembered acts of genocide. as many as 20,000 people are thought to have been killed on orders given by rafael trujillo. but the parsley massacre went mostly unnoticed outside hispaniola. even there, many dominicans never knew about what happened in early october 1937. they were kept in the dark by trujillos henchmen. \a genetics of justice by julia alvarez at this point i would always ask her why she and my father had returned to live in the country if they knew how do the passages work together to develop a central idea? the passages show how alvarezs family was affected by the parsley massacres when they returned. the passages show how alvarez and her family were tricked into returning to the dominican republic. the passages show how people often did not know or understand the extent of trujillos deceit. the passages show how the events of trujillos dictatorship are still not fully understood today.

Explanation:

The first passage describes the Parsley Massacre, a little - known act of genocide under Trujillo. The second passage shows Alvarez's questioning of her parents' return to the Dominican Republic. Together, they show how Alvarez's family was affected by the massacres upon their return.

Answer:

The passages show how Alvarez's family was affected by the parsley massacres when they returned.