Answer:
The narrator's opinion of himself in lines one through sixteen makes him seem less reliable because he keeps telling us that he is not mad. We can infer that he is not sane, but insane.
The answer is hysteria and paranoia can destroy people.
I believe it is the first one
Main idea: <u>Because of an unusual amount of rain, thousands of wildflowers grew in Death Valley in 2016</u>
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- <u>Reason</u>: this passage examines why wildflowers grew suddenly in a dry desert