Which statement best summarizes the central idea of this paragraph?
Abc
Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country."
What is the point of this splintered whole? What is the
point of a nation in which Arab cabbies chauffeur
Jewish passengers through the streets of New York-
and in which Jewish cabbies chauffeur Arab
passengers, too, and yet speak in theory of hatred,
one for the other? What is the point of a nation in
which one part seems to be always on the verge of
fisticuffs with another, blacks and whites, gays and
straights, left and right, Pole and Chinese and Puerto
Rican and Slovenian? Other countries with such
divisions have in fact divided into new nations with
new names, but not this one, impossibly interwoven
even in its hostilities.
O America's cultural differences have caused it to
fracture
O America is a united country despite its cultural
differences.
O America's cultural differences make it impossible to
live peacefully.
O America is always on the verge of civil unrest due to
its multicultural citizens.
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Probably A or B.

Explanation:

"Other countries with such divisions have in fact divided into new nations...but not this one, impossibly interwoven even in its hostilities." The passage does say America is still together despite the decisions, which makes me believe option B is correct. However, A also could be correct because the main idea of the passage largely is the differences between religion, sexuality, and race in America where "What is the point of a nation in which...speak in theory of hatred, one for the other? What is the point of a nation in which one part always seems to be on the verge of fisticuffs with another?"

now, of course, the quality and the seasonability of these winter dreams varied, but the stuff of them remained.   they persuaded dexter several years later to pass up a business course at the state university—his father, prospering now, would have paid his way—for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the east, where he was bothered by his scanty funds. but do not get the impression, because his winter dreams happened to be concerned at first with musings on the rich, that there was anything merely snobbish in the boy. he wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people—he wanted the glittering things themselves. often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it—and sometimes he ran up against the mysterious denials and prohibitions in which life indulges.

there you go thats what we are missing