Which of the following sentences best represents the author’s main point in the passage? A.) “Franklin has a particular resonance in twenty-first century America.” (Paragraph 1).
B.) “We would admire both his earnestness and his self-aware irony.” (Paragraph 1)
C.) “Some who see the reflection of Franklin in the world today fret about a shallowness of soul and spiritual complacency that seems to permeate a culture of materialism.” (Paragraph 2)
D.) “They regard Franklin as an exemplar of the personal character and civic virtue that are too often missing in modern America.” (Paragraph 2)
E.) “Both sides too often confuse him with the striving pilgrim he portrayed in his autobiography.” (Paragraph 3)