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6. "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

Step one: rewrite the quotation in your own words.

Find synonyms for the important words.

It is the responsibility of the writer It’s the author’s job

to expose our many grievous faults and failures to reveal our regretful mistakes

and to hold up to the light to bring to our attention

our dark and dangerous dreams, our nightmares/fears ???

for the purpose of improvement.
To make us better.

It’s the author’s job to reveal our regretful mistakes and our bad intentions so that we can make ourselves better people.
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 quotation means that it’s the author’s job to reveal our regretful mistakes and our bad intentions so that we can make ourselves better people

What regretful mistakes and bad intentions are revealed in Dracula?

Lucy removes the garland of garlic leading to her doom
Jonathan goes to see Dracula despite warning that Dracula is deadly
Dracula moves to London and is exposed to his enemies
Jonathan, Lucy, and Mina are all tempted by lust. Vampires as “bad boy/bad girl” appeal to him

What literary technique can we focus on for Dracula?

Characterization
Setting
Imagery theme What regretful mistakes and bad intentions are revealed in Jekyll and Hyde?

Lanyon’s decision not to help Jekyll
Mr. Hyde’s stomping on the girl
Mr. Hyde’s murder of Sir Danvers Carew
Dr. Jekyll’s decision to become Mr. Hyde (mistake and bad intention)

What literary technique can we use for Jekyll and Hyde?

Characterization imagery Theme

This quotation means that it’s the author’s job to reveal our regretful mistakes and our bad intentions so that we can make ourselves better people

What regretful mistakes and bad intentions are revealed in Dracula?

Lucy removes the garland of garlic leading to her doom
Jonathan goes to see Dracula despite warning that Dracula is deadly
Dracula moves to London and is exposed to his enemies
Jonathan, Lucy, and Mina are all tempted by lust. Vampires as “bad boy/bad girl” appeal to him

What literary technique can we focus on for Dracula?

Characterization
Setting
Imagery theme First body paragraph

Topic sentence: In Dracula, Bram Stoker uses characterization and theme to demonstrate that it is the author’s job to reveal our mistakes and bad intentions. For example, Jonathan is characterized as a man of the Enlightenment who does not believe in religion. As a result, he disregards warnings that Dracula is a supernatural monster. This was a regretful mistake which led him into deadly peril. One theme in this book is the wrongness of lust, as shown by repeated situations in which vampire characters use sexual desire to force mortals (such as Jonathan, Lucy, and especially Mina) under their control. (+2 or 3 sentences) Concluding sentence: Stoker’s use of characterization and theme reveals the human capacity to make serious errors in judgment, or even to take downright wrong action.

Second body paragraph: