Question

We stopped before a summery display window at Macy’s, The World’s Largest Department Store, to admire a family outfitted for the beach: the handsome father, slim and sure of himself, Based on the context of the poem, the family in the display window at Macy's symbolizes __________. the Trujillo regime the ideal American family the speaker's family back in the Dominican Republic the commercialism in America

Answer 1

The answer is: the ideal American family

In the poem "Exile," the author Julia Alvarez makes reference to a window displayed at Macy's, a traditional American department store which used to be the largest one in the world. In the picture, Alvarez observes a model American family, with a good-looking, athletic father, who appeared to be a confident man.

Answer 2

Based on the context of the poem, the family in the display window at Macy's symbolizes the ideal American family. the Trujillo regime the ideal American family the speaker's family back in the Dominican Republic the commercialism in America.

Answer is the ideal American family