Select the sentence that best represents effective diction for an adventure story: A) She put her hand on the doorknob, but she hesitated, her fingers trembling and her heart racing.

B) There was no time to lose; she grabbed the doorknob and yanked the door open to get away.

C) Finally she had arrived, and she knew she only had to reach out and knock to meet her happy fate.

D) The trail of clues had led her here, where she knew the culprit had to be hiding out from the police.

the answer to your question is C

overnment 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 objective should be switched