Question

read the excerpt from a genetics of justice by julia alvarez. passage a: in december 1960, four months after our arrival, time magazine reported the murder of the three mirabal sisters, who along with their husbands had started the national underground dominican republic. my parents confiscated the magazine. to our many questions about what was going on, my mother always had the ready answer, en boca cerrada no entran moscas. no flies fly into a closed mouth. later, i found out that this very saying had been scratched on the lintel of the entrance of the sims torture center at la cuarenta. passage b: the novel would be a fictional retelling of the story of three mirabal sisters, contemporaries of my mother, whose murder had been reported in that confiscated what central idea do these excerpts work together to develop? alvarez grappled with the issue of writing a novel about a dangerous subject. alvarez learned about a terrible murder and decided to write a fictional retelling of it. alvarez decided to publish her novel without regard for her mothers feelings. alvarez faced one of the biggest challenges of being a writer: choosing a topic.

Explanation:

Passages show Alvarez learned of murder and planned fictional retelling.

Answer:

Alvarez learned about a terrible murder and decided to write a fictional retelling of it.