How do the passages work together to develop a central idea?
The passages show how Alvarez's family was
affected by the parsley massacres when they
returned
The passages show how Alvarez and her family
were tricked into returning to the Dominican
Republic.
✓ The passages show how people often did not
know or understand the extent of Trujillo's deceit.
The passages show how the events of Trujillo's
dictatorship are still not fully understood today.

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How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.