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emembering, never forget, dominican republic’s parsley massacre\ by mark memmott
seventy - five years ago, thousands of haitians were murdered in the dominican republic by a brutal dictator. it was one of the 20th century’s least - remembered acts of genocide.
as many as 20 000 people are thought to have been killed on orders given by rafael trujillo. but the \parsley massacre\ went mostly unnoticed outside hispaniola. even there, many dominicans never knew about what happened in early october 1937. they were kept in the dark by trujillo’s henchmen.
by julia alvarez
during my early teen years in this country i knew ve
which statement best compares how the two authors address this topic?
○ memmott writes well after the events occurred, while alvarez writes while the events are occurring
○ memmott tells about one event that occurred, while alvarez tells about the dictatorship as a whole
○ memmott gives an anecdote to tell about the dictatorship’s cruelty, while alvarez tells about her family
○ memmott presents facts about the dictatorship objectively, while alvarez gives details about how it affected people
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Memmott presents facts about the dictatorship objectively, while Alvarez gives details about how it affected people