Both Uses of
analogy
in
Hard Times
- Not with the brightness natural to cheerful youth, but with uncertain, eager, doubtful flashes, which had something painful in them, analogous to the changes on a blind face groping its way.†
Chpt 1.3
- Is it possible, I wonder, that there was any analogy between the case of the Coketown population and the case of the little Gradgrinds?†
Chpt 1.5 *
Definition:
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(analogy) a comparison of different things to point to a shared characteristiceditor's notes: Analogies are typically used to explain something unfamiliar by comparing it to something that is simpler or more familiar. They are also used in argument to suggest that what is true for one situation is also true in the other.