Answer: if it had not been for the life boat
The topic sentence states this main idea.
Can you give me the author and name of the book ?
The present perfect refers to an act that took place in the past, from the perspective of the present. "I have eaten" means that at some point in the past, eating occurred. Now (at the present), it is over.
The simple present tells you about what's going on currently. "I eat" means that the act of eating is ongoing. (Though it can also refer to a habitual act; I may not be eating right at this instant, but it's the sort of thing that I could be doing right now, because the eating isn't complete.)
He uses various rhetorical means of proving his claims such as appealing to emotions. He presents the case of the King's behavior in such a way that is supposed to elicit an emotional response from the reader and motivate them to support the rebellion. Not only that but it is also masked as common sense so as to make it seem sensible.
