on page 2 how does hoto-matua's decision to build a monument to his ancestor advance the plot of the story created by the journal entires

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If a particular resource is not useful or needed then the price would be considerably low. once that resource is needed the price or value will raise depending on how useful or needed it is especially if the resource is low in quantity, the consumers would pay whatever they have to, to get that material.