Read the passage from “Dyaspora.”

Then when you get to high school, things change. People in your high school and your neighborhood look at you and say, “You are Haitian?” and from the surprise in their voice you realize that they know where Haiti is now. They think they know what Haiti is now. Haiti is the boat people on the news every night. Haiti is where people have tuberculosis. Haiti is where people eat cats.

What does the information in this passage reveal about the author’s purpose?

Dyaspora

Responses

The information reveals the conflict and struggle of Haiti in the 1980s, which helps the author establish her purpose of informing readers about Haiti’s history.
The information reveals the conflict and struggle of Haiti in the 1980s, which helps the author establish her purpose of informing readers about Haiti’s history.

This information reveals people’s prejudice against the author, which helps fulfill the author’s purpose of persuading readers to be angry.
This information reveals people’s prejudice against the author, which helps fulfill the author’s purpose of persuading readers to be angry.

The information reveals how much the author struggled with discrimination, which helps fulfill the author’s purpose of entertaining readers with an inspiring story.
The information reveals how much the author struggled with discrimination, which helps fulfill the author’s purpose of entertaining readers with an inspiring story.

The information reveals people’s perspectives about Haiti, which helps establish the author’s purpose of informing readers about the struggles of being an immigrant.
The information reveals people’s perspectives about Haiti, which helps establish the author’s purpose of informing readers about the struggles of being an immigrant.