Read the excerpt from outcasts united.

perhaps no one in clarkston was as excited to hear about the free soccer program as eight-year-old jeremiah ziaty. jeremiah loved soccer. since arriving in the united states with his mother, beatrice, and older brothers, mandela and darlington, jeremiah had been cooped up in his family's clarkston apartment on strict orders from his mother. after she was mugged on her very first commute home from her job at the ritz-carlton hotel, beatrice had taken a hard line. she wanted the boys inside when they got home from school. when jeremiah asked his mother if he could try out for the new soccer team in town, she stood her ground.

"certainly i say, jeremiah," beatrice told him, "you won't play soccer every day."

keeping chronological order in mind, what question would a reader most likely ask after reading this excerpt?

are there any other boys who would like to play in the soccer program?
why won’t beatrice allow her son to participate in the soccer program?
who could change beatrice’s mind about the new soccer program?
will jeremiah obey his mother or will he secretly join the soccer program?

I think its: Will Jeremiah obey his mother or will he secretly join the soccer program?

- The first question isn't important at all.

- The second question.. well we know why Beatrice won't let her son join the soccer program already.

- I was going to choose this one at first but I was thinking that the reader would only ask that question if Jeremiah had repeatedly attempted to ask her and she kept saying no. However, this is the first time Jeremiah asked.

d. will jeremiah obey his mother or will he secretly join the soccer program?

Explanation:

beginner

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.

the first step is to convey the appropriate emotions.