Question

Why does the author compare the old associations as weeds? (Lesson Our Old Home by Nathaniel Hawthorne )

Answer 1

Answer:

Ans. The author compares the old Association. as weeds. as a farmer who tends to remove or pull up the weeds in the farm to grow new crops, likewise the people who lived there removed all the old memories that once belonged to the place, just. like the weed being pulled out from the farm.The lines Old associations are sure to be fragrant herbs in the English nostrils, but we pull them up as weeds show us the comparison made by the author.

Answer 2

The author compare the old associations as weeds because he and his country man cut off or remove such a ties instead of appreciating or nurturing them.