What does the narrator mean in saying, “there was considerable difficulty in inducing Oliver to take upon himself the office of respiration”? A. Oliver was crying loudly.
B. Oliver was missing his grandmother and his aunts.
C. Oliver was not breathing at first.
D. Oliver did not want to be in a workhouse.

because of all the immigration, america became one big melting pot. the diversity of cultures from all over the world made america somewhat divided as well. people that immigrated stayed with their kind, and their traditions, while native born americans stayed with their kind and their traditions. normally, people born in american scorned the immigrants as well. the new religions also divided america. in summary, it took away from the american culture and identified america as the "melting pot."

its structered sequentially i think

wheres the passage with the idiom underlined