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 generalisimo 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 the dictatorship.... 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:

In Passage A, Alvarez shows her speculation about her parents' life under dictatorship due to her being spared. Passage B indicates her lack of knowledge as her parents spoke in hushed - voices. Passage C shows her starting to write about it. Overall, she learned about the dictatorship through her parents' fear and responses over time.

Answer:

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