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Henry James Assignment
Part 1: Paraphrase
Lines 1-5: There is a point where one’s artistic ideas lie near to one’s moral sense. When creating a piece and that closeness is achieved, the piece becomes something of high quality.
Lines 6 -10: No good book will ever come from one with a shallow imagination. As a fiction writer composes works, he will learn this and if he takes it to heart, his works will be of high quality.
Lines 11-15: A critic believes that fiction pieces are generalized and have an unsubstantial amount of description. James believes the contrary. James believes that with the freedom that comes from writing fiction, there is plenty of room for description only it follows a less rigid format than other forms of art.
Lines 16-20: The only thing a novel must have is sincerity. One who is trying to learn to write novels must also learn to be worthy of sincerity as it brings its own freedoms.
Lines 21-25: A writer must not give ear to those who shut down their imaginations. If one is composing a fictional piece, it is up to him or her to devise the rules for which his or her novel will have to live by.
Lines 26-30: One should not think so much of optimism and pessimism but attempt to capture the essence of life itself. If a certain conclusion must be drawn, one needs to allow room for other conclusions to be drawn as well.
Lines 31-32: A writer needs to be complete in order to make a perfect or near perfect work. A writer also needs to be generous and delicate, allowing for other ideas to flourish.
Part 2: Central Argument Henry James’ main pint is that there are no limits to a novel and that the restrictions are few, though others would think otherwise. He is certain that with few restrictions, a young novelist should relish in the idea that he could take his potential novel in any direction he pleases just as long as the novel itself is sincere.
Part 3: Assertions
James makes many assertions throughout the passage. These
Part 1: Paraphrase
Lines 1-5: There is a point where one’s artistic ideas lie near to one’s moral sense. When creating a piece and that closeness is achieved, the piece becomes something of high quality.
Lines 6 -10: No good book will ever come from one with a shallow imagination. As a fiction writer composes works, he will learn this and if he takes it to heart, his works will be of high quality.
Lines 11-15: A critic believes that fiction pieces are generalized and have an unsubstantial amount of description. James believes the contrary. James believes that with the freedom that comes from writing fiction, there is plenty of room for description only it follows a less rigid format than other forms of art.
Lines 16-20: The only thing a novel must have is sincerity. One who is trying to learn to write novels must also learn to be worthy of sincerity as it brings its own freedoms.
Lines 21-25: A writer must not give ear to those who shut down their imaginations. If one is composing a fictional piece, it is up to him or her to devise the rules for which his or her novel will have to live by.
Lines 26-30: One should not think so much of optimism and pessimism but attempt to capture the essence of life itself. If a certain conclusion must be drawn, one needs to allow room for other conclusions to be drawn as well.
Lines 31-32: A writer needs to be complete in order to make a perfect or near perfect work. A writer also needs to be generous and delicate, allowing for other ideas to flourish.
Part 2: Central Argument Henry James’ main pint is that there are no limits to a novel and that the restrictions are few, though others would think otherwise. He is certain that with few restrictions, a young novelist should relish in the idea that he could take his potential novel in any direction he pleases just as long as the novel itself is sincere.
Part 3: Assertions
James makes many assertions throughout the passage. These