5. part b: which quote from the text best supports the
answer to part a?
a. “the monster twitched its jeweler's hands down to
fondle at the men, to twist them in half, to crush them
like berries, to cram them into its teeth and its
screaming throat." (paragraph 89)
b. “billings and kramer sat on the pathway and threw
up. travis and lesperance stood with smoking rifles"
(paragraph 93)
c. "he had his rifle pointed. 'you're not coming back in
the machine. we're leaving you here! " (paragraph
106)
d. "oh, the fool! i'll have to report to the government.
they might revoke our license to travel. who knows
what he's done to time, to history! " (paragraph

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.

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c is a symbol. when bernice gets her hair cut, it is the authors way of showing the affects and demands of pier pressure and the over-all attitudes of people at the time.