Based on the description in "blowup: what went wrong at storm mountain," what is the author's purpose for writing this selection? to explain how to prevent forest fires from spreading to inform about how to avoid getting caught in a forest fire to entertain by sharing an exciting story about a fire to describe the events of the deadly south canyon fire

to describe the events of the deadly South Canyon fire.

Explanation:

In the piece "Blowup: What Went Wrong at Storm Mountain," the author talks about a tragic fire which claimed the deaths of fourteen fire fighters in the  1994 South Canyon Fire. This is an example of narrative nonfiction, as the author talks about real events that involved real people and places. We also learn that the main reason why these firefighters could not escape was because the fire exploded around them before they knew what was happening, and they were not able to outrun the fast-moving flames.

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.

a) he encouraged islamic schools to introduce greek texts.

d) he invited greek scholars to teach their texts to the locals.

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