How do the passages work together to develop a central idea?
The passages show how Alvarez's 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 Trujillo's deceit.
The passages show how the events of Trujillo's
dictatorship are still not fully understood today.

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Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance