Question

What reasons does Jerome give for being unable to sleep

Answer 1

The writer has very vividly and humorously described what could happen if you sleep in the open. Camping out in a rainy water is not only unwise, impractical, inconvenient, foolish, but also fraught with challenges and difficulties at every step. For example, on a rainy evening, when you decide to put up your tent, you find everything already wet and soaked, making it difficult to handle and manage. The boat is already filled with two inches of water level in it. Then you find a suitable ground, which is all wet and puddly. Meanwhile rain keeps falling, making things worse. It is so herculean to fix a tent in wet weather. You manage yo fix it somehow, then with the slightest pull on the other side, it again comes off. You again try to fix it. Thus a lot of time, energy is wasted fixing it. Then somehow it gets up.
Next task is cooking your supper. Lighting a fire in wet weather is another herculean task. After the fire, when you take up food items, you find all them wet with rain water. Your entire taste is spoiled.
Then when you are sleeping in the tent, in the middle of night, the tent falls on you with its heavy weight. You feel as if an elephant has sat over you. All this weight actually is of your friends who have collapsed on you!
To avoid all the inconvenience and discomfort and anguish, it is better to spend your night at a hotel or inn.