How do these excerpts work together to develop a central idea?
Read the excerpt from "Remembering to Never Forget:
Dominican Republic's 'Parsley Massacre" by Mark
Memmott.
Passage A:
This week, people from around the world are expected to
gather in the Dominican Republic for a "Border of Lights"
commemoration that aims to "honor a tragedy long
forgotten, and unknown to many people."
Passage B:
Trujillo, as the Border of Lights website explains, fed and
nurtured anti-Haitian sentiment and created an
atmosphere that still excludes ethnic Haitians from
becoming part of "the Dominican melting pot."
The method his soldiers used in 1937 to try to identify
those who would be killed was cruelly unique. When
confronting someone in the lands along the border with
O Memmott uses a specific example to describe
Trujillo's cruelty.
Memmott argues that all memories should be
commemorated.
O Memmott explains that the Border of Lights
commemoration is an adequate way of honoring
victims.
O Memmott explains that the tragedy is not well known
today and then shows why it is worth remembering.