After reading The Wreck of Hesperus and the article about the Titanic, the reader can infer that both of these texts - - - Question 1 options: show how to be an efficient captain of a boat explain the frequency of shipwrecks and other disasters at sea were intended to entertain the reader about the myths of sailing the Atlantic show how the choices and decisions of people in a position of power can influence the outcome of an event

This book, which presents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era, has three specific aims. The first is to create or to encourage in every student the desire to read the best books, and to know literature itself rather than what has been written about literature. The second is to interpret literature both personally and historically, that is, to show how a great book generally reflects not only the author's life and thought but also the spirit of the age and the ideals of the nation's history. The third aim is to show, by a study of each successive period, how our literature has steadily developed from its first simple songs and stories to its present complexity in prose and poetry.