How are the details about twain's failures in his odd jobs important to our understanding of the character? a they reinforce the notion that the character is lazy, does not want to work, and is not capable of working hard. b they detail how prospects in the american west were much dimmer than advertised, making for a harder life for those who sought fame and fortune in the new frontier. c they mark his development from an inexperienced easterner trying to make-it-rich to an experienced, yet cynical, western writer. d they show that he is eager to work but has few useful skills, making him a loveable but pathetic

The details about Twain's failures in his odd jobs important to our understanding of the character are that They show that he is eager to work but has few useful skills, making him a loveable but pathetic

Explanation:

"Roughing It" by Mark Twain takes a lot of details from his own experience as a young man going through different working experiences, and growing into was he was going to be, we can see in the story that the character tries in so many ways and so many places to be successful without achieving much, because of his lack oh ability in most of the cases.

1. all of the above

2. sensory language

onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.