<u>1</u>: "The couple had no one to help them"
<u>2</u>: "they had trusted friends to help."
He wanted to build an argument that a government should represent the desire of the people
The answer would be attack, but it should be changed to "attacks" or "attacked" for the sentence to make sense. Hope that helps! :)
The antagonist is the person who is against the main character and provides an obstacle for them.
Its probably B. its literally in the sentence <span />