Aminority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight. if the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the state will not hesitate which to choose. if a thousand men were not to pay their tax bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the state to commit violence and shed innocent blood.
— “civil disobedience,”
henry david thoreau
according to thoreau, how can a minority exercise power?
by following the laws that the majority agree upon
by engaging in violent conflict when necessary
by protesting as a group in a nonviolent way
by ensuring that just people are not imprisoned

by protesting as a group in a nonviolent way.

Explanation:

According to Thoreau in the text, protesting as a group in a nonviolent way is how a minority can exercise power.

answer: b. grete might have remained as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the story.

one of the most interesting characteristics of gregor's metamorphosis is that, although he is the only character who has physically changed, it is this same change which triggered a transformation in the rest of his family.

by taking care of gregor, grete has become stronger and more confident. she has found a life outside of the house, and has become more independent and self-sufficient. the novel implies that the trigger for the change is gregor's own transformation, and that without it, grete was likely to remain as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the book.

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