Question

read the excerpt from \a genetics of justice\ by julia alvarez.
my mother must have been intrigued. she knew nothing of the horrid crimes of the dictatorship, for her parents were afraid to say anything—even to their own children—against the regime. so, as a young girl, my mother must have thought of el jefe as a kind of movie star. she must have wanted to meet the great man.
what is the central idea in this paragraph?
○ her mother’s image of the great man did not match reality.
○ her mother loved movie stars when she was a young girl.
○ her mother and her family kept secrets from one another.
○ her family talked about the horrid crimes of the dictatorship.

Explanation:

The paragraph explains that the author's mother was unaware of the dictator's crimes because her family avoided criticizing the regime. As a result, the mother viewed the dictator (El Jefe) as a glamorous figure like a movie star, which did not align with his real, cruel nature. The other options are incorrect: the mother did not love movie stars generally, the family didn't keep secrets from each other but rather hid the regime's truth, and the family did NOT talk about the dictatorship's crimes.

Answer:

Her mother's image of the great man did not match reality.