Question

What is the main idea of the following passage from In Commemoration: One Million Volumes? I was fortunate to have had those old and wise viejitos as guides into the world of nature and knowledge. They taught me with their stories; they taught me the magic of words. Now the words lie captured in ink, but the magic is still there, the power inherent in each volume.
A. The stories los viejitos told focused on nature and knowledge.

B. Anaya listened to los viejitos tell magical stories on summer evenings.

C. The stories told by los viejitos inspired Anaya's love of words and book

Answer 1

The main idea of the following passage from ''In Commemoration: One Million Volumes'' is C. The stories told by los viejitos inspired Anaya's love of words and book. Tone and writing style of this excerpt express an inspiration of someone, in this case - Anaya's admiring of words and book.