After his arrival in Britain, Hastings and his interests were largely ignored by the British businessmen. Through this hyperbolic remark by Hastings, Twain tells the reader that English society at the time was generally unsympathetic toward foreigners.
<em>i believe B cause d is not true you could just be eating way to much lol! c well i wear big shirts that dose not make you prego so b is smartest a maybe but i say b :D❤️</em>
I believe Percy makes a fair point. Seeing how Poseidon was distant and uncomfortable in there first meeting showed Percy that he wasn't trying to put on a fake front to make Percy feel better. Seeing the honest feelings of his father is better then being lied to because that would have been even worse then the truth.