The new startrekker shoe has several features in common with the athenia running shoe, including stability, tread depth, and comfort. although the two shoes are nearly equal in these areas, the athenia has a more modern look and comes in the latest colors. the two also vary in price, with the athenia coming in thirty dollars higher than the startrekker. which best states the author's purpose in writing the paragraph?

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.