This question refers to the selection “from In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens” by Alice Walker. Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the essay?
a.
“She planted ambitious gardens – and still does – with over fifty different varieties of plants.”
b.
“If we could locate this ‘anonymous’ black woman from Alabama, she would turn out to be one of our grandmothers – an artist who left her mark in the only materials she could afford, and in the only medium her position in society allowed her to use.”
c.
“But the telling of these stories, which came from my mother’s lips as naturally as breathing, was not the only way my mother showed herself as an artist.”
d.
“Guided by my heritage of a love of beauty and a respect for strength – in search of my mother’s garden, I found my own.”