In the ninth passage, author tells us that there are (the) competitive showoffs. They are different with showoffs, because they want to be the best of every bunch.
Whatever is being discussed, Competitive showoffs think they have more expertise or other things. Next sentence, author confirms the conclusion. They have more-expertise or money or even aggravation-and better-dentists or children or marriages or recipes- and deeper-love of ANIMALS or concern for human suffering. In the sentence, author uses three words” more” and” more” ” deeper”. All of them are comparative degree. Author emphasizes that competitive showoffs want to be the best of every bunch.
Competitive showoffs are people who reside in a permanent state of rivalry. Everyone needs to show off. If you are showing off, the other competitive showoff will do more exaggerate. If you say about work which makes you boring, the competitive showoffs interrupt to relate how boring his work. Everyday he reads newspaper and drinks tea until his work is over. Sometime he even sleeps in the office.
