i got several wallets and a suitcase with my initials and a graduation charm from my godmother and money from my uncles. the biggest gift was a portable typewriter from my parents for writing my stories and poems.

someday, the family predicted, my name would be well-known throughout the united states. i laughed to myself, wondering which one i would go by.

—“names/nombres,”
julia alvarez

based on this passage, which inference could you make about how julia’s family influences her?

they want julia to become a serious student.
they pressure julia to be rich and famous.
they encourage julia’s writing talent.
they make her choose a name.