Read the passage from "child of the americas." i am caribeña, island grown. spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips: the language of garlic and mangoes, the singing in my poetry, the flying gestures of my hands. the words "garlic and mangoes" in this passage are a)sensory images illustrating the speaker’s island heritage. b)sensory images depicting a foreign and unknown culture. c)allusions to a well-known spanish poem. d)allusions to common household items.

Answer A would make the most sense. Hope this helps :)

The words "garlic and mangoes" in this passage are A) sensory images illustrating the speaker’s island heritage.

Mango and garlic are two things that you can easily grow in the Caribbean and they are also very representative, this is her heritage.

The other options are not correct because option B talks about a foreign and unknown culture which is not the case for her.

Option C says that it makes reference to another poem and this poem was written based on her own experience as a Caribbean person

Option D proposes that the topic is about households but it's really far from that because the main idea is about heritage culture and tradition.

this quote could be referring to the death penalty. it's questioning the morality of sentencing murderers to death as a punishment, because it seems hypocritical. this quote seems to be arguing for non-lethal punishment for killers.

i think she wanted to protect her children from the extreme racism of the american south.