You don't have the options, but i would say it means that books can take us to another place mentally and take us away from our problems. Hope it helps !:)
Answer:
<em>A on Edge2020</em> : Both show how humans can be helpless in the face of external forces.
Explanation:
A Man Said to the Universe
by Stephen Crane :
“Sir, I exist!"
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has <em>not created in me A sense of obligation.</em>”
We Wear the Mask
by Paul Laurence Dunbar:
"We wear the mask that grins and lies,"
It <em>hides our cheeks and shades our eyes</em>,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, "
Hope this helped :-)
Can’t catch my breath is an idiom figurative language. The term refers to a set expression or a phrase comprising of two or more words.