(from "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses" by Mark Twain) According to the author, which is Fenimore Cooper's greatest failing as a writer?
1. He repeatedly uses the same contrivaites.
2. He lacks understanding of his subject.
3. His titles are misleading and ambiguous.
4. His heroes never prevail and are boring,

2. He lacks understanding of his subject.

Explanation:

"Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses" by Mark Twain, presents a long list of offenses committed by Fenimore Cooper in his literary works. One factor that Mark Twain was most critical of was the fact that Cooper lacked a proper understanding of his subjects. This resulted in him having many characters in misplaced roles or contriving situations that just did not make sense. An example, is his criticism of the role the veteran Scotch Commander played when he was assigned the role of a 'melodramatic actor'.

Cooper also had a penchant for missing important points. For example, he forgot to tell his readers the color of a paint in one of the scenes.

hospitality is mentioned many times in odysseus. it is known as xenia in the poem. one notable example is.

here is a poor man come, a wanderer,

driven by want to beg his bread, and everyone

in hall gave bits, to cram his bag—only

antinous threw a stool, and banged his shoulder

the lines show odysseus disguised as a beggar and shares his bread with another beggar in a weird way because he had to defeat him in order to eat. however, odysseus does not kill the old man and even shows his hospitality.

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