The great, gleaming apparatus which fed him and would
have compelled him to be still even if he had been able to
move brought to mind, not beneficence, but torture; the
tubes entering his arm made me think of pictures I had
seen when a child, of Gulliver, tied down by the pygmies on
that island. My aunt wept and wept, there was a whistling
sound in my father's throat; nothing was said; he could not
speak.
Which sentence best analyzes the author's use of allusion in this passage?

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.

i pretty sure it is old

explanation:

hi,   i believe the outlines that were supposed to be showing at the sentences, are not. could you highlight them somehow?