Question

Read the excerpt from "A Genetics of Justice” by Julia Alvarez.

Images of the dictator hung in every house next to the crucifix and Ia Virgencita with the declaration beneath: In this house Trujillo is Chief. The pale face of a young military man wearing a plumed bicorne hat and a gold–braided uniform looked down beneficently at my mother as she read her romantic novelas and dreamed of meeting the great love of her life. Sometimes in her daydreams, her great love wore the handsome young dictator’s face. Never having seen him, my mother could not know the portrait was heavily retouched.

What is the central idea of this paragraph?

Answer 1

The main point of the extract, "A Genetics of Justice," is that  Alvarez demonstrates the risk involved in defying Trujillo's orders.

What is "A Genetics of Justice”?

It tells the tale of surviving in a dictatorship. In the Dominican Republic, a girl and her mother were subject to a totalitarian dictatorship.

The choices are listed below:

A- Alvarez demonstrates that while the parades were unsightly, they weren't a major issue.

B- Alvarez demonstrates that Trujillo delighted in the attention he received.

C- Alvarez demonstrates the risk involved in defying Trujillo's orders.

D- Alvarez demonstrates how significant a role women had in politics.

Thus, the correct option is C.

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