In the memoir, the author speaks about a personal experience that goes a generation back, from their parents memory and not theirs; "by the time MY mother married MY father, however, she knew all about the true nature of the dictatorship." While the article speaks about a memory that the author has/a story they are sharing. Both writes compare the cruelty of others on undeserving recipiants. Evidence from the memoir - " Trujillo hated blacks with such a vengeance." Evidence from the article- " Anyone who didn't trill the "r" was thought to be a Haitian Creole speaker—and was likely to be killed."
It gives a comparison of before and after...before they were motionless cast iron tethered to rusted poles, they frolicked to organ music. Cause/effect. maybe
