Read the excerpt from "a genetics of justice” by julia alvarez. perhaps because she had innocently revered him, my mother was now doubly revolted by this cold-blooded monster. he became something of an obsession with her—living as she was by then in exile with my father, isolated from her family who were still living on the island. as my sisters and i were growing up, trujillo and his excesses figured in many of my mother’s cautionary tales. question: what is the central idea in this paragraph? a. during her exile, the author’s mother did not know how she felt about trujillo. b. the author and her sisters were fascinated by trujillo. c. the author’s mother thought of trujillo constantly. d. trujillo became more controlling to the author’s mother after her family fled the country.

C. The author’s mother thought of Trujillo constantly.

In the excerpt, it tells how her mother felt about Trujillo as a "cold-blooded monster." She also says that her mother used Trujillo in her "cautionary tales". Cautionary tales are often told to children so that they can learn about the dangers of the world and how to avoid them or handle the situation if it should ever arise. This constant use of Trujillo in the mother's stories, and that "he became something of an obsession" to her shows that she thought of him often. It is clear in the excerpt how the mother felt about Trujillo. We know her mother's thoughts on Trujillo but not the author's or her sisters'. We also don't know anything about Trujillo's behavior so we can't say whether or not he became more controlling.

The correct answer is C. The author’s mother thought of Trujillo constantly.

Explanation:

In the excerpt from "A Genetics of Justice" by Julia Alvarez the narrator explains her mother became obsessed with Trujillo which refers to Rafael Trujillo Molina, a former Dominica Republica dictator. This idea is explained in "my mother was now doubly revolted by this cold-blooded monster" and in "He became something of an obsession with her" that shows the mother previously admired Trujillo but after he became a monster it became an obsession to her. Also, it is evident the mother though of Trujillo all the time because the narrator explains the mother included Trujillo in her cautionary tales "Trujillo and his excesses figured in many of my mother’s cautionary tales".

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