A story in which a family is trapped in a mountain cabin during a blizzard presents a clear example of..

It was extremely base of him to desert you in your time of need. ( change into exclamatory sentence)

Ineed simplifying this thesis and making it easier to understand for the reader (more concise) "no matter how religious one may be, one’s faith tends to change under unexpected and challenging circumstances."

The room was gaudy with its leather couch and purple walls