There are some people that tend to have power, wealth, and success for their own satisfaction. They believe that having those is all they need for them to be happy and to achieve everything. Add antithesis just one?

In reality you and only you can make yourself happy. Cant nobody bring you down unless you allow it

Explanation:

"the sandy walls seemed to collapse in on themselves"

and

"the bloodshot waters seemed to have no bottom"

the answer is a)   a sentence of death costs the state "almost three times as much as a sentence of life in prison" (delon 147)