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 solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: The excerpts show Alvarez reflecting on her parents' experience with the dictatorship (beginning: imagining parents' life; middle: parents' hushed voices about the situation). This aligns with learning about the dictatorship from parents' fear/responses.
• Option 2: There's no info about ruining relationship with mother in the given excerpts. Eliminate.
• Option 3: The excerpts don't focus on her fascination being the basis for writing. Eliminate.
• Option 4: No mention of mother counting on her to write a novel. Eliminate.

Answer:

A. Alvarez shows how, throughout her life, she learned about the dictatorship from her parents’ fear of and responses to it.