Read the following excerpt from “Ellis Island” by Barbara Davis-Pyle.They say it’s a pot made for melting,But I think it’s a kettle for soup.And we are the stew –Thickened with hope.Peppered with fear.

The speaker compares America to a pot containing a stew made of people, with different feelings and experiences mixed together. This suggests that America includes many cultures, like a melting pot. Choice C, “America is a melting pot of different cultures,” best expresses that idea.

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