“One of the things that it stands for is this vexing notion that a great nation can consist entirely of refugees from other nations, that people of different, even warring religions and cultures can live, if not side by side, then on either side of the country’s Chester Avenues.”
Your question states: Which quotation most accurately explains Anna Quindlen’s purpose for writing “A Quilt of a Country”? Based on my search, I believe that the correct answer would be“One of the things that it stands for is this vexing notion that a great nation can consist entirely of refugees from other nations, that people of different, even warring religions and cultures can live, if not side by side, then on either side of the country’s Chester Avenues.” This was the purpose of the writing.