How does the author’s decision to begin Passage 2 with a description of the city affect the reader’s perception of Babbitt’s situation

How can you sit there calmly eating muffins when we are in this horrible trouble i cant make out you seen to me to be perfectly heartless who said this quote

"first of all, how could they mistake a man for a sasquatch? " which best explains the purpose of this question (from review 2)? a) to illustrate how much the book uses humor b) to show how unbelievable parts of the story are c) to convince the reader that the novel is poorly written d) to highlight the differences between the characters in the novel

What parts of hamlet’s soliloquy support a more negative outlook on life?