The tone, or attitude, is the way the narrator is trying to get across to make you feel. They are trying to show how they are feeling without directly saying it.
She was the first female aviater to fly ALL ALONE across the atlantic ocean... in that ruggedy thing. Thats a courageous thing to do, and especially alone
She could argue that you don't need to sell the same thing every year and therefore, we could all try something different this year, not just candy.
She also could argue that candies are not healthy and it's time to distance ourselves from them for now.
The best argument that she could pull off would be, if that was really the case, if fruits were easier and more profitable to sell. By far, if that was the argument, they would all sell fruit easily.
