Answer:
People may act hostile, and do illegal things, because who is there to tell them not to?
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
The Twin towers 
the Pentagon 
and almost into the white house
 
        
             
        
        
        
The Continental Congress, the rough equivalent of the Federal government in revolution-era America, lacked the power to tax
        
             
        
        
        
The narration suggests Ahab’s spiritual belief about his injury.