Write a response analyzing how mattie's reaction to the notebooks advances the plot of the story. Use details from the story to support your ideal

Books are a motif that represent Mattie’s wish to leave home. She goes to the traveling library to escape her stifling life, and reads excessively to educate herself so that she can go to college and leave home. She projects herself onto the lives of her favorite authors, such as Jane Austen, and wonders if she ever had to make the choices that Mattie does.