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. what is the central idea in this paragraph? during her exile, the author’s mother did not know how she felt about trujillo. the author and her sisters were fascinated by trujillo. the author’s mother thought of trujillo constantly. trujillo became more controlling to the author’s mother after her family fled the country.

The answer is C.

The author’s mother thought of Trujillo constantly.

The author's mother thought of Trujillo constantly is the correct answer.

Explanation:

Julia Alvarez is an American poet and writer. Her family came from Dominican Republic, which was ruled by dictator Rafael Trujillo (in different ways) between 1930 and 1961. A Genetics of Justice talks about how life was during these times.

In the excerpt we can see how the author's mother couldn't stop thinking of Trujillo while being on exile, the author even mentions how the dictator "became something of an obsession with her."

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