The narrator characterizes his reading as "a man swimming in the sea among the wreckage of his ship, and trying to save his life by greedily clutching first at one spar and then at another." What does this mean? Is this true?

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Asked by Farrah B #877533 on 2/27/2019 3:07 PM

Last updated by Aslan on 4/25/2019 9:29 PM

Answered by Aslan on 4/25/2019 9:29 PM

The reading gives the lawyer a lifeboat into keeping his sanity. His isolation is only broken by the words in his books.