Which passage from grendel best illustrates the theme "there is a monster in
every person"?
o
a. the king has given me splendid gifts. he will see tonight that his
gifts have not gone for nothing! prepare to fall, foul thing! (83)
o
b. (the warrior's] mouth, which moved - or so it seemed to me -
independent of the words, as if the body of the stranger were a
ruse, a disguise for something infinitely more terrible. (155)
o
c. no man above us will ever know whether unferth died here or fled
to the hills like a coward. only you and i and god will know the
truth. that's inner heroism. (88)
o
d. and the joy of self-knowledge, that's a great compensation! the
easy and absolute certainty that whatever the danger, however
terrible the odds, you'll stand firm. (85)

 B [The warrior's] mouth, which moved — or so it seemed to me — independent of the words, as if the body of the stranger were a ruse, a disguise for something infinitely more terrible.

B. (The warrior's] mouth, which moved - or so it seemed to me -

independent of the words, as if the body of the stranger were a

ruse, a disguise for something infinitely more terrible. (155)

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 answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".