We could also say the analogy is bad because not all of humanity can fit on a bus, but that would be a misunderstanding of what an analogy is for.
If Doctorow wanted a perfect analogy for our attitudes towards climate change, then he wouldn't use any analogy at all, he would talk directly about our attitudes to climate change.
The point of an analogy is to highlight a particular dynamic that both the analogy and the thing being analogised have in common.
If Doctorow wanted a perfect analogy for our attitudes towards climate change, then he wouldn't use any analogy at all, he would talk directly about our attitudes to climate change.
The point of an analogy is to highlight a particular dynamic that both the analogy and the thing being analogised have in common.