Sanchez, the defense lawyer, had wanted her client to plead guilty. Her client, Holmes, probably wasn't guilty, but

the prosecutor was going to use so many shady tactics to

make him look guilty, Sanchez wasn't sure she could win.

With a guilty plea, Holmes would at least get a lighter

sentence. But there was no use arguing with him anymore.

Holmes had insisted. "Even if they lock me up for years," he

had said, "I will never admit to that crime." Holmes was a

difficult man to work with, but Sanchez admired his sense

of honor.

The judge banged her gavel and asked, "How do you

plead?"

Sanchez took a deep breath. "Not guilty, Your Honor," she

said. And so the trial began.

C. The prosecutor .

Explanation:

An antagonist is a person that works against the main character/ protagonist. He/ she represents the main enemy against which the protagonist is placed in opposition with.

In the given passage, the main protagonist is Holmes who is represented by Sanchez. And while she questions the move to plead not guilty for her client, she also knows that Holmes was a difficult man to work with, who insisted on maintaining his dignity even at the face of death. And in this scenario, the main antagonist is the prosecutor who, Sanchez admits, will use "so many shady tactics to make [Holmes] look guilty". The prosecutor is the one working against Holmes, trying to bring him down and triumph over him. Thus, the main antagonist is the prosecutor.

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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.

i'm pretty sure i had this question the other day and b was the right answer.