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The statement that best describes the overall claim is:
- Protecting the environment is essential for maintaining Americans' quality of life.
<h3>What is the main claim?</h3>
The main claim of this passage is that Americans were faced with a lot of environmental concerns. 
Each and everyone of these issues had a serious effect on the environment and Americans. So, the President was raising awareness on the matter.
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A thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the sense
THE ILLUSION MAKES PARALLEL LINES SEEM TO DIVERGE BY PLACING THEM ON A ZIGZAG STRIPED BACKGROUND
        
             
        
        
        
The symbol of Hester's sin, recognizes in her mother's lack of response to her questions that Dimmesdale will not be like her mother; he will not, as Hawthorne urges in the final chapter and as Hester is, "be true" and acknowledge Hester and their child in public.