Question

In chapters 2 of “To kill a mockingbird “, scout Finch being to realize her privileged position within Maycomb County and so, as the narrator she thinks to herself “until I feared i would lose it, i never loved to read. One does not love breathing. ( pg.23) identify the analogy scout finch uses in the two above sentences? What does the analogy suggest about scouts relationships with reading?

Answer 1

Scout associates reading with something as to a necessity, and compares it to air which is basically what we need to survive and states that one does not love breathing. (which is the analogy) and to sum it all up scout loves reading and in all means doesn't think she could survive without it