Read the two excerpts.
"Remembering to Never Forget: Dominican Republic's
"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 Century's 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
Trujillo's henchmen.
"A Genetics of Justice" by Julia Alvarez:
During my early teen years in this country, I knew very little
about what was actually going on in the Dominican Republic.
Whenever la situación on the island came up, my parents
spoke in hushed voices. In December 1960, four months
after our arrival, Time magazine reported the murder of the
three Mirabal sisters, who along with their husbands had
started the national underground Dominican Republic. My
parents confiscated the magazine. To our many questions. About what was going on, my mother always had the ready answer, “en boca cerrada entran moscas.” No flies fly into a closed mouth. later, I found out that this very sayinf had been scratched on the lintel on the enterance of the SIM’s torture center at La Cuarenta.
Which statement best compares how the two authors
address this topic?
O Memmott writes well after the events occurred, while
Alvarez writes while the events are occurring.
O Memmott tells about one event that occurred, while
Alvarez tells about the dictatorship as a whole.
O Memmott gives an anecdote to tell about the
dictatorship's cruelty, while Alvarez tells about her family.
O Memmott presents facts about the dictatorship
objectively, while Alvarez gives details about how it
affected people.
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