Common Sense

Question

by Thomas Paine

Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer. Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise.

"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine

Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

How does this passage use an analogy?

(1 point)
Responses

by repeating the term “government” throughout the passage
by repeating the term “government” throughout the passage

by using commas to emphasize clauses within the sentence
by using commas to emphasize clauses within the sentence

by using emotional imagery to describe a government’s ruin
by using emotional imagery to describe a government’s ruin

by comparing a government to clothing
by comparing a government to clothing
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Answer 1

The correct response is:

by comparing a government to clothing

This analogy is evident in the comparison where government is likened to "dress," suggesting that just as clothing represents a lost innocence, government too is a necessary construct that arises from the loss of a more innocent state of society.