Sentence 1: He says that [e]ven the soliloquies come off as an extrovert's meditations--as bouts of self-loathing, such as Leonard Bernstein might have had after a bad concert.

Sentence 2: The soliloquies are meditations of self-loathing, similar to Leonard Bernstein's rants, because nothing went right, ever.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Sentence 1: Beautiful beaches lure the determined few off the beaten path to La Desirade, its name signifying yearned-for land.

Sentence 2: People would rather go to La Desirade instead of the beach.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: no

Sentence 1: yeah it's yeah it's helping the kids

Sentence 2: No, it's not about helping kids or anything like that.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
no