Question

she had named me, her second of four daughters, after herself - so we shared the same name. of all her babies, she reports, i was the best behaved, until i learned to talk. then, i would not shut up. i always had to answer her back when i disagreed with her. childhood was rocky, but adolescence was a full - fledged war. - “a genetics of justice,” julia alvarez what is the central idea in this paragraph? x julia was named after her mother. julia and her mother often disagreed. julia was the best behaved of all the babies. julia was proud to share her mother’s name.

Explanation:

The paragraph starts by stating the narrator (Julia) was named after her mother. Then it describes her behavior changes from being well - behaved as a baby to being talkative and argumentative later, and the difficult relationship in childhood and adolescence. The naming is just an introduction, and the main focus is on the strained relationship.

Answer:

Julia and her mother often disagreed.