The following question has two parts. Answer part A and then Part B. PART A: How does paragraph 1 function in the passage as a whole?
It describes the setting of the passage, familiarizing the reader with what will later serve as the scene of the main conflict.
It establishes the narrator's goals, which are accomplished by the end of the passage.
It reveals aspects of the narrator's character by setting up expectations that are challenged later in the passage.
It introduces the passage's narrative point of view, which is later contradicted as the narrator is revealed to be unreliable.