2. What was the status of the author's parents when they were living in Jamaica

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,

i think it may be b, i'm not exactly too sure on this. but b seems to make more sense.

the answer is a.

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