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Which excerpt from "Daughter of Invention" contains language that best represents the preservation of Dominican values?
If her husband insisted she speak in Spanish to the girls so they wouldn't forget their native tongue, she'd snap, "When in Rome, do unto the Romans."
Yoyo and her sisters were forgetting a lot of their Spanish, and their father's formal, florid diction was hard to understand.
"What is wrong? I will tell you what is wrong. It show no gratitude. It is boastful. I celebrate myself? The best student learns to destroy the teacher?"
"This is America, Papi, America! You are not in a savage country anymore!"
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The first excerpt:
"If her husband insisted she speak in Spanish to the girls so they wouldn't forget their native tongue, she'd snap, 'When in Rome, do unto the Romans.'"
Why: it explicitly focuses on deliberate efforts to keep the Spanish language and Dominican heritage alive in the next generation. The others either show language loss (second), a general moral/reverence tied to traditional values but not preservation (third), or outright assimilation (fourth).
"If her husband insisted she speak in Spanish to the girls so they wouldn't forget their native tongue, she'd snap, 'When in Rome, do unto the Romans.'"
Why: it explicitly focuses on deliberate efforts to keep the Spanish language and Dominican heritage alive in the next generation. The others either show language loss (second), a general moral/reverence tied to traditional values but not preservation (third), or outright assimilation (fourth).
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