Why can't students just read for pleasure?

​I love to read what I want to read. My high school-aged daughter also loves to read books she chooses. But she dislikes analyzing literature and writing a literary analysis. I wrote a literary analysis for the language arts class I teach, and it was painful to write. So why do we study literature and analyze it? Do we cause children to dislike literature because we make them study it? I hope not. When we read and analyze literature, we make connections within ourselves and to the outside world. As I analyze stuff in literature like symbolism, theme, character, and archetypes, I make deeper connections. I've enjoyed reading the five books in the curriculum for my spring semester class and analyzing them.  I've also learned so much as a writer about technique and excellent writing. Maybe students won't appreciate it now, but if they ever teach a language arts class, they'll experience pleasure in analyzing literature.