what one besetting character weakness did he have?

Question

from rip van wrinkle

Answer 1

Beside his laziness he failed to remember to do his home work and kept adding an r to his last name.

Answer 2

Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving

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Answer 3

I'm not going to do your homework for you, but I'll give you a hint. Well, let's see what got him into that mess. He didn't want to work. At all. So he goes up into the Catskill Mountains, and plays games with some strange people INSTEAD OF DOING HIS WORK. What does it sound like to you?

Answer 4

A certain laziness: although he was johnny-on-the-spot to help others, he had difficulty taking care of his own business.