The spirit catches you About the text: Where and when was the book written? What do you know about the author? Who is the book written for? How can you infer the audience?

1. The book was written in 1997 by Anna Fadiman about a family who are Hmong refugees from Houaysouy, Sainyabuli Province.

2. Anna Fadiman is an American writer and reporter born in August 7th 1953 in New York. She has been awarded several times for her spectacular writing.

3. The book was written for everyone with no targeted audience as everyone can learn and benefit from the book. It allows room for dialogue about such sensitive issues.

Explanation:

you have to tell us what you're talking about or it's impossible to answer.

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.