In the first paragraph, Rohrbach writes: "Just 10 years ago I supported a six-cent fuel tax increase, and we're worse off now than we were then." What was Rohrbach's purpose in adding this sentence?

to show that the tax increase doesn’t always help out when government says it will

Explanation:

Its a to show that tax increases dont always help improve what the goverment says it will improve

Explanation:its the only logical answer

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.