Question

Read the excerpt from "A Genetics of Justice” by Julia Alvarez.

My mother must have been intrigued. She knew nothing of the horrid crimes of the dictatorship, for her parents were afraid to say anything—even to their own children—against the regime. So, as a young girl, my mother must have thought of El Jefe as a kind of movie star. She must have wanted to meet the great man.

What is the central idea in this paragraph?

Her mother's image of the great man did not match reality.
Her mother loved movie stars when she was a young girl.
Her mother and her family kept secrets from one another.
Her family talked about the horrid crimes of the dictatorship

Answer 1

Her mother's image of the great man did not match reality.

Because her parents were too afraid to tell her about the regime's crimes, she admired El Jefe like a movie star and wanted to meet him—showing her naive, inaccurate view.