Sugar Changed the World, Part 1: Author’s Purpose

Question 1 of 6 • Summer School 26: Literature & Composition II

What is one purpose of the prologue in Sugar Changed the World?

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to illustrate that living in the Caribbean was not profitable, but affected the history of sugar

to persuade readers that, before the 20th century, most people’s fortunes depended on sugar

to emphasize how sugar plantations depended on involuntary servitude, and how they shaped the world economy

to inform readers of the authors’ family histories and how their connection to sugar spurred their interest and research

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Question 1 of 6 • Summer School 26: Literature & Composition II

Answer

to illustrate that living in the Caribbean was not profitable, but affected the history of sugar

to persuade readers that, before the 20th century, most people’s fortunes depended on sugar

to emphasize how sugar plantations depended on involuntary servitude, and how they shaped the world economy

to inform readers of the authors’ family histories and how their connection to sugar spurred their interest and research

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