Question

read the two excerpts.
emembering to never forget: dominican republics 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 centurys 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 trujillos henchmen. \a genetics of justice\ by julia alvarez: at this point i would always ask her why she and my father had returned to live in the country if they knew the how do the passages work together to develop a central idea? the passages show how alvarezs family was affected by the parsley massacres when they returned. the passages show how alvarez and her family were tricked into returning to the dominican republic. the passages show how people often did not know or understand the extent of trujillos deceit. the passages show how the events of trujillos dictatorship are still not fully understood today.

Explanation:

The first passage details the Parsley Massacre and its lack of recognition. The second passage hints at the speaker's family - related questions about returning to the Dominican Republic. Together, they show how people were unaware of the extent of Trujillo's deceit.

Answer:

The passages show how people often did not know or understand the extent of Trujillo's deceit.