Question

The diamond and the house: two family treasures, two parts of the story of sugar. We realized that our two family stories—Marina's great-grandparents, brought to Guyana to replace slaves, and Marc's aunt's grandfather, helping to refine an alternative to that same sugar—were just the beginning of a much larger story about a remarkable substance. It is a story of the movement of millions of people, of fortunes made and lost, of brutality and delight—all because of tiny crystals stirred into our coffee, twirled on top of a cake. Sugar, we began to see, changed the world.

What is the purpose of this passage?

to explain who Marina and Marc are
to link the authors’ families to sugar
to explore the history of Guyana
to show what sugar is used for

Answer 1

to link the authors’ families to sugar

The passage connects Marina’s and Marc’s family histories to the larger story of sugar, using their personal anecdotes to introduce sugar’s global impact.