An author wishes to write a story whose theme is the danger of being obsessed with appearance. which plot line would best suit this theme? a. an alien spaceship lands on earth and takes it's leader hostage. the people find the alien leader better than the ones they have elected. b. a character loses his nose and worries what might people think of him. c. two students a fellow student cheat, but later turn themselves in when they discover they have given there friend the wrong answer. d. a man and women argue in a cafe over whose train is arriving first. each misses there train

The answer is B because when the character loses their nose, they are forced to re-think how people will treat them.

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government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.