Critical lens According to John Steinbeck “It is the responsibility of the writer to expose our many grievous faults and failures and to hold up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams‚ for the purpose of improvement” Perhaps Steinbeck’s quote means‚ that the purpose of writer is to reveal ones faults and dreams for the goal of improvement. I believe Steinbeck’s quote is a valid remark. His words are so eloquently exemplified in‚ Unforgettable Miss Bessie by Carl T. Rowan and Of Mice
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Literature is a form of art in which words are skillfully composed by writers to convey meaning. As we know‚ words have the power to alter one’s emotions and they can sometimes result in making us feel that our lives are incomplete. The novel The Fault in Our Stars by John Green is no exception to this because the story leaves a deep impression on the reader. In the story‚ there is a novel which deeply resonates with both Hazel and Augustus because it reassures them that they are not alone in their
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Critical Lens Name ____________________ Sample Introduction and Date _________ Period ______ Body Paragraph Critical Lens: “It is the responsibility of the writer to expose our many grievous faults and failures and to hold up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams‚ for the purpose of improvement.” –John Steinbeck (adapted) Directions: All of the following are essential in a good introduction. Number the following in the introduction: 1. The lens 2. Interpretation
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The American Dream John Steinbeck‚ author of many classic American novels‚ greatly influenced modern American literature. Steinbeck often referred to the Salinas Valley of California in his writing. He often referred to the settlers and the adversities they had faced during the migration to the Salinas Valley area. With novels such as Of Mice And Men and The Grapes Of Wrath‚ Steinbeck explained the harsh reality of the severe hardships the settlers faced to accomplish the American Dream. These
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CRITICAL REVIEW ON THE FAULT IN OUR STARS The Fault in our Stars is a young adult novel written by John Green. It is based on the remission of a 16-year-old Thyroid cancer patient‚ Hazel Grace who relentlessly struggles to breathe. She attends a Cancer Kid Support Group where she meets Augustus Waters‚ a 17-year-old guy diagnosed with osteosarcoma. They form a close relationship and constantly share their love for a book called “An Imperial Affliction” written by Peter Van Houten who resigned
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or bad. There are a lot of books that relate to this quote. One of them being‚ Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and another called The Miracle Worker by William Gibson. Both Of Mice and Men and The Miracle Worker relate to this quote because they both experience and undergo situations and display actions that lead them to pay a price whether they caused it on themselves or not. The critical lens relates to Of Mice and Men because George takes the risks of having Lennie around. Lennie was mentally
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John Steinbeck once said "It is the responsibility of the writer to expose our many grievous faults and failures and to hold up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams for the purpose of improvement." This basically means it is important that the author does its job to show faults‚ failures‚ struggles‚ and hardships in a character’s life in order to demonstrate how they became stronger and improved upon their failures. This quote is valid because one can normally not improve upon nothing. In
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"It is the responsibility of the writer to expose our many grievous faults and failures and to hold up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams‚ for the purpose of improvement." This quote suggests that writers must face their failures and confront their dangerous desires for purpose of learning from their own mistakes‚ people who don’t learn from past mistakes are bound to repeat them. This quote holds true in a lot of literature‚ for example two examples are Macbeth by William Shakespeare and
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My Personal Philosophy Every human is bestowed upon themselves the right to live how so ever they choose to live. As humans in a society‚ we live to better ourselves and our future generations. Everyone has a goal that they want to live up to. Achieving this goal is considered success. I believe though that success isn’t achieving goals‚ instead‚ success is living with an active soul. Emerson‚ in his speech to Phi Beta Kappa says -“The one thing‚ in the world‚ of value is an active soul.” Emerson
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The novel‚ The Fault in Our Stars by John Green is about two teenagers Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters who fall in love. However‚ this novel is unlike most other teenage romance stories‚ because Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters are terminal cancer patients. They know each other from the support group and they grow closer even though death can so instantly tear them apart. They live out their own infinity together and create a lot of memories along the way. The novel spans the meaning of life‚ death
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