English “Critical Lens” Samples and assignments Often in life and in literature‚ people find themselves in overpowering situations. This is what Herodotus was referring to when he wrote‚ “Men are at the mercy of events and cannot control them.” In other words‚ people suffer not because of their own actions‚ but because of the situation in which they find themselves. This is true in considering Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck because George and Lennie‚ the two protagonists‚ and other minor characters
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Will Behan Critical lens for The Crucible Edmund Burke once stated “No passion so effectively robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear”. In other words fear of anything especially what a person does not know or understand can cripple one’s mind very effectively and with a large magnitude. A person would only need to recall the last time they were afraid of something they didn’t understand or when they didn’t know what to do to stop something from happening and reflect upon
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things are existing. Helen Keller lived in the world of darkness and silence since she was young‚ and she was a lost child. During the era‚ 1800s‚ the society was not acceptable toward something unusual‚ including a person who with disability like Hellen Keller. Probably‚ many people kept a person inside a house if someone had a disability. Some people might felt a shame about having a family member who has disability because of at the era of the social norm.
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Critical Lens Essay “Good people... are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure”. This quote from William Saroyan means that wise people acquire their insight from experiences‚ especially unsuccessful ones. I agree with the quote and the idea of people being knowledgeable because of the hardships and journeys they had endured. The two novels Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger both support the idea of gaining wisdom through
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Michelle Veliz Period 7 4/27/12 Critical Lens Essay A famous author named Richard Wright once said‚ “All literature is a protest”. In simpler terms‚ books have been written to raise awareness about problems in order for humans to find solutions for them. This quote is true because in most works of literature the author makes their characters go through difficult obstacles to overcome that not everyday people go through. The book Night was written to protest against anti-Semitism‚ which means
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Critical Lens Essay Somebody once said‚ “In literature‚ evil often triumphs but never conquers”. Both The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and The Color Purple by Alice Walker prove this quote true. Throughout The Lovely Bones‚ a family struggles with the dreadful murder and rape of a family member. The book demonstrates how the family only got stronger with the passage of time. Their success in moving forward in life regardless of their encounter with such an evil act emphasizes the victory of good
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Katherine Kennedy Huck Finn Critical Lens Essay Antoine de Saint-Exupéry stated‚ “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly”. He implies that humans understand and comprehend the world by different means and rely on different sources to provide the truth. People use their senses‚ reasoning‚ emotion‚ and what others have taught them. However‚ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry expressed that in order to understand something for what it is truly
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Celie had to grow up being beaten by these men and acting like their slave‚ she decided that she hated men. Instead she liked Shug‚ a famous singer‚ and they became really great friends. Shug helped her get away from Mr.____. This connects to the lens because at first Celie was not strong at all‚ but when she went with Shug to Tennessee‚ she gained confidence and started her own business sewing pants. Throughout the book‚ there has also been a theme of sexism. When Celie is living with Mr.____
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Language teacher ‚and to my fellow classmates.My oral English test presentation is entitled ‘The person I admire the most’. Hellen Adams Keller is‚in my opinion one of the most amazing people at all time. She was an american author‚political activist and a lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Hellen Keller was born on June 27‚1880 on a farm in Tuscumbia‚Alabama. When she was a year and a half old she become very sick. Her parents were afraid that she
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Helen Keller _ Helen Keller was an American speaker‚ author‚ politician. She was a first deafblind that claimed the award ‘Bachelor of Arts’. I.Childhood _ Helen Keller ( Helen Adams Keller ) was born on June 26th 1880 in Tuscumbia‚ Alabama. Her family lived in a farm in Ivy Green‚ it was built by her grandparents about several decades ago. _Her father is Arthur H. Keller‚ an long-time-work editer for the newspaper North Alabamian in Tuscumbia and a captain of the south Army. Robert E. Lee is
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