How do the underlined sentences on pages 7-2 advance the author's point of view?

They show that people who do not have access to
safe water must pay for bottled water, at great cost
to the environment.
They show that people who have little regard for
the environment are willing to spend money on
high-quality bottled water.
They support the idea that people should be
concerned about the effects of bottled water
production on the environment.
They support the idea that people drink bottled
water based on quality concerns rather than on
cost or environmental concerns.

our founding fathers introduced the revolutionary idea that each person's desire to pursue their idea of happiness was not self-indulgence, but a necessary driver of a prosperous society. they created a government to defend that right for everyone.

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.