Which statement best analyzes how the author develops
the central idea across the paragraphs?
alvarez explains that her parents often disagreed
about how to react to the dictatorship now that they
were living in a free country
alvarez explains how her father became heavily
involved in anti-trujillo activities, but soon became too
busy to participate in them.
alvarez explains how her mother eventually convinced
her father to stop attending political meetings because
of the danger
alvarez explains that although her parents reacted
differently to the stress they endured, both became
silent about the dictatorship.

The statement that best analyzes how the author develops the central idea across the paragraphs is Alvarez explains that although her parents reacted differently to the stress they endured, both became silent about the dictatorship.

Explanation:

In this excerpt from "A Genetics of Justice” by Julia Alvarez, she expresses and tells the story of her family when they became free, and how her parents had very different ideas towards the profile they needed to have now in America in order to keep them and their loved ones saved from the dictatorship in their original country.

the anecdote makes readers feel sorry for the man’s lack of heritage, then reminds readers that the man has an equally valuable heritage.