Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. I wanted to know more about the beguiling Nina, and my cousin had plenty of stori
es to share. He told me that her grandfather was a Russian serf—a farmer who could be bought and sold by the noble who owned his land. Family legend has it that this serf, a remarkable and intelligent man, helped to change the course of the history of sugar. In the early 1800s, the British controlled most of the sugar plantations of the Caribbean and the sea routes to Europe. As a result, their rivals were desperate to find a new way to create sugar. They turned to beets. What is the purpose of this passage?
B.) It provides background on how a family from Russia got into the sugar business.
Explanation:
The book "Sugar Changed The World" by the couple Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos traces the history of sugar came to be one of the most important staple for everyone around the world. They gave a detailed history of how this sweet substance came to be a part of households around the world.
In the given excerpt from the text, the writers provide the history of how a family from Russia came to be a part of the sugar business. The speaker narrates how <em>"a Russian serf..... helped to change the course of the history of sugar"</em>, leading to the desperate attempts <em>"to find a new way to create sugar"</em>. Thus, this passage provides a background on how the Russian serf and his family began to get involved into the sugar business.
