Which statement expresses a main idea in Chapter 1 of Who Is Sonia Sotomayor?
A.(When she was young, Sotomayor traveled to Puerto Rico with her grandmother.)
B.(Sotomayor's mother was a nurse, and her father worked in a factory.)
C.(Sotomayor faced many challenges and struggles as a child.)
D.(Sotomayor's father died of a heart attack when he was just 42.)

C. Sotomayor faced many challenges and struggles as a child.

Explanation:

"Sonia Sotomayor" is the author of "My Beloved World." Chapter 1 describes her childhood life and the struggles she faced. At a young age of 8, she was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes that was life-threatening. She even stayed at the hospital for a week. When she got home, her parents were afraid or hesitant administer insulin shots on her. This caused arguments between her parents. Her father was also alcoholic and this affected their family's condition. Suddenly, her father died of heart attack. Such events show that Sonia faced many challenges and struggles as a child.

So, this explains the answer.

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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.