Vocabulary Enricher

After reading, " Turning up the Light" by James M. Barrie from the book Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul  I have found that there are some challenging words and ideas that we may not clearly understand. The first  is:

                             melting pot
In the text the author uses this word to describe the cultural climate that he  was brought up in.

According to dictionary .com the word means:

 

a country, locality, or situation in which a blending of races, peoples, or cultures is taking place.