The main purpose of the author in this passage is A)
to advocate that more of America's energy needs be
met through the use of wind power.
B)
to entertain the reader with amusing anecdotes about
wind power research and incidents.
C)
to angrily denounce the lobbyists who would like to
make wind power the energy of the future.
D)
to persuade the reader to contact his or her
representative and ask them to oppose wind power.

A

Explanation

advocate means to recommend something and that is what the passage is doing, its recommending and it is saying that America needs more wind powered energy

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .