Question

Select the correct text in the passage.

Which detail most refines the idea that Sandra Cisneros embraces that she can tell more than just her story?
(8) When I wrote Mango Street, in the beginning it was as a memoir with the intent of writing something that was just mine, that no one could tell me was wrong. That's how it began.
(9) By the time I finished it, I was working in a school in a Latino community in Chicago—a very poor, alternative high school. I started writing stories of my students' lives and weaving it into this neighborhood from my past.
(10) During that period, when I had my face in the dust and didn't know what to do in this 50-student school with no money and minimum wage—chalk I had to bring to class, girls and boys whose lives were so difficult, lives that no head of state could ever imagine—I was really frustrated as a high school teacher as to how to save their lives. The only thing I could do was to write about them and try to find some consolation before sleeping. These stories were written from that very helpless state. I think when we're most face-in-the-dust impotent, and we put ourselves at service to others, that's when we really are channeled to light. I think that's why the book is a success. I wasn't thinking of the reader, or that the book is going to be published. None of that. I think the less you can think about the reader, and the more you work on behalf of others, I really believe that it puts you in a state of grace.

Answer 1

The detail that refines the idea Sandra Cisneros can tell more than just her own story is in her incorporating her students' stories into her work, particularly highlighted in passage (9).

Step-by-step explanation:

The detail that most refines the idea that Sandra Cisneros embraces that she can tell more than just her story is found in (9). Cisneros expanded her writing beyond a personal memoir by incorporating the stories of her students while working in a Latino community high school.

This evolution is crucial as it speaks to her realization that her writing could channel the experiences and difficulties of others, merging her personal narrative with those belonging to a collective identity. She found that writing not just about herself but also about her students provided a form of consolation and service. These stories broadened the scope of her memoir, shaping it into a richer tapestry of shared experiences that transcend a single individual's journey.