What does it mean to have false hope in someone

Read the excerpt from the odyssey then his chores being all dispatched she caught another brace of man to make his breakfast and whisk away his great door slab to let his sheep go through but he behind reset the stones as one would cap a quiver what two things are being compared in this epic simile

Why does patton seem undaunted about eating his rodent soup

Whats the importance of gaining a general understanding of and interpretation of the work of literature. explain what the importance is to me