Question

characters, conflict, and idioms in \daughter of invention\ by julia alvarez
\daughter of invention\
from how the garcia girls lost their accents
her daughters would seek her out at night when she seemed to have a moment to talk to
them, they were having trouble at school or they wanted her to persuade their father to give
them permission to go into the city or to a shopping mall or a movie—in broad daylight.
mami laura would wave them out of her room. \the problem with you girls...\ the
problem boiled down to the fact that they wanted to become americans and their father—
and their mother, too, at first—would have none of it.
\you girls are going to drive me crazy!\ she threatened, if they kept nagging. \when i end
up in bellevue, youll be safely sorry!\
she spoke in english when she argued with them. and her english was a mishmash of
mixed-up idioms and sayings that showed she was \green behind the ears,\ as she called
it
if her husband insisted she speak in spanish to the girls so they wouldnt forget their native
tongue, shed snap, \when in rome, do unto the romans.\
yoyo, the big mouth, had become the spokeswoman for her sisters, and she stood her ground
in that bedroom. \were not going to that school anymore, mami!\
\you have to.\ her eyes would widen with worry. \in this country, it is against the law not to
go to school. you want us to get thrown out?\
\you want us to get killed? those kids were throwing stones today!\
\sticks and stones dont break bones,\ she chanted. yoyo could tell, though, by the look
on her face, it was as if one of those stones the kids had aimed at her daughters had hit
the but she always pretended they were at fault. \what did you do to provoke them? it
looks like you landed...\
which excerpt from \daughter of invention\ contains language that best expresses the
preservation of dominican values?
if her husband insisted
she speak in spanish to
the girls so they wouldnt
forget their native
tongue, shed snap.
\when in rome, do unto
the romans.\
\what is wrong? i will tell
you what is wrong. it is
show no gratitude. it is
boastful. i celebrate
myself? the best student
learns to destroy the
teacher?\
\this is america, papi.
america! you are not in a
savage country
anymore.\
yoyo and her sisters
were forgetting a lot of
their spanish, and their
fathers formal, lord
ofction was hard to
understand

Explanation:

To determine the excerpt preserving Dominican values, we analyze each option:

• The first option (top - right) shows the mother insisting on speaking Spanish to keep the girls' native tongue, reflecting the value of preserving cultural (linguistic) heritage, a key Dominican value as the family is Dominican - American.
• The second option (top - left) is about a student - teacher interaction, not related to Dominican values.
• The third option (bottom - right) is about forgetting Spanish and a father's formal English, which is about losing native language, not preservation.
• The fourth option (bottom - left) is about America not being a savage country, not related to Dominican value preservation.

Answer:

The top - right excerpt (If her husband insisted she speak in Spanish to the girls so they wouldn't forget their native tongue. "When in Rome, do unto the Romans.")