“Reading good literature won’t make a reader a better person any more than just sitting in a church‚ synagogue‚ or mosque will. But reading good books well just might.” This quote is from the article “How Reading Makes Us More Human.” It shows that although the common belief is that reading will make us better people‚ it doesn’t mean anything to us unless we really know how to comprehend the book itself and allow it to influence our decisions. A text that applies to this idea is A Raisin in the Sun
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Authors use pieces of literature such as Joseph Conrad’s novel‚ The Heart of Darkness‚ the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ and the satirical essay by Binyavanga Wainaina “How To Write About Africa” to show how they or other people portray Africa. Authors use different tones of voice to write: either about the same event or the same place so that their works appeal to a specific audience. Books can be written for the same audiences as well. Authors can voice their books differently to get
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Critical Lens When writers write from a place of insight and real caring about the truth‚ they have the ability to throw the lights on for the reader." In other words the critical lens shoes that the writer who cares about the truth and has a deep understanding of the literature can help us understand the literature. Yes‚ I agree with this statement. I have read two books‚ which is Odyssey by Homer and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Those books show how human nature is similar to literature. In
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Critical Lens Essay: Black Boy According to Richard Wright‚ “All literature is protest. You cannot name a single literary work that is not protest.” This means that literature is usually based on a reflection on society which is protest. Literature exposes the dark side of society. I agree with this quote because literature is one of the protruding ways to understand how one thinks about an idea. The author’s opinion is a protest against what other may believe. Coherently‚ in the bildungsroman
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It is perceived throughout literature that characters within a novel are solely prompted by personal interests. Yet‚ we learn that they are sometimes driven throughout the work ascertaining a purpose larger than themselves. Whether it is an author’s use of literary elements (such as dialogue‚ characterization‚ or conflict) or even in their craft alone‚ it is inevitable in the two classic works: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and The Crucible by Arthur Miller. In The Grapes of Wrath‚ we discover
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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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is the way they handle themselves when they are in a problem. The critical lens is valid because this is true in life and literature. The book The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Catcher In The Rye by J.D Salinger exemplifies the critical lens statement by Martin Luther King Jr. The literary elements that best support the interpretation is characterization and conflict. John Proctor in The Crucible exemplifies the critical lens statement by
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1. Introduction: "Every work of literature leads up to one great moment of insight‚ one instant in which the truth stands revealed." - T. Melos. No matter what piece of literature is read there will be a moment when things become simple and all the fog is lifted off the truth. Many works of literature prove this to be true. Ambrose Bierce’s ’An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’‚ helps the reader see the truth by building up to the climax‚ a moment‚ where they can then see everything clearly for what
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Kevi Fuseyamore May 29‚ 2013 Genna pd. 8 Benjamin Disraeli once said‚ "Circumstances are beyond the control of man; but his conduct is in his own power." This quote means that we can’t control our natural given situations‚ but we can control how we go about them. I agree with this quote because not only does it apply to literature‚ but it applies to real life as well. A Raisin In the Sun by Lorraine Hansbury and The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time by Mark Haddon both illustrate the
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Asantewa Rogers Period 4 Ms.D “All literature is protest. You can’t name a single literary work that isn’t protest” was a quote said by Richard Wright. My interpretation of this quote is that through all of literature‚ there is protest. There is protest from the protagonists and even the antagonists. I agree with this quote because in every piece of literature there is a conflict that one faces‚ and characters show their dislike towards something in different forms of protest. This quote is proven
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