The careful reader of a novel recognizes that many things can influence its composition. which of the following items is not seen as in influence on a novel's composition?
1. historical context
2. personal context
3. social context
4. governmental context

Of the options given, the one that is not seen as an influence on a novel's composition is the fourth one: governmental context.

Explanation:

I chose the last item because all the others have a more direct influence on a novel composition; the writer is a person whose life has been developed in a determined historical, social context and that context made him/her who he/she is, and, of course, his/her personal situation is always the most direct influence. The governmental context can also influence the composition, but is not the most common situation, unless that politics and government is the main topic of his/her work.

the speech this question is referring to is president kennedy's special message to the congress on urgent national needs, may 25, 1961

kennedy responds in a very direct and concrete way to those thinking that communism is a positive system:

"yet their aggression is more often concealed than open. they have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. they send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. but where fighting is required, it is usually done by others--by guerrillas striking at night, by assassins striking alone--assassins who have taken the lives of four thousand civil officers in the last twelve months in vietnam alone--by subversives and saboteurs and insurrectionists, who in some cases control whole areas inside of independent nations." (kennedy)

president kennedy presents communism as cowardly, as a hidden and treacherous weapon that strikes from the shadows like thieves, he represents the system as not even being capable of showing and open and overt attack or confrontation. to finish up the response, he expresses that the system attacks even a country's idependence and freedom.