How does paragraph 7 help develop the plot of the story?

Paragraph 45 develops the plot of the story because it demonstrates how___

3. manufacturing institutions, because capitalists  are about making money. 

The whale was a missile blasting from beneath the surface.  2.) a majestic whale leapt skyward before diving back into the sea.    these are both figurative language. this is so because the whale in sentence "1" was not actually a missile, nor was it actually blasting. now, for sentence "2", a whale can not actually "leap".