Critical Lens Essay Helen Keller once said “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through the experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened‚ vision cleared‚ ambition inspired and success achieved. In other words what this quotation means is what individuals go through in life makes them what they are. Individuals have to go through good and bad to learn love and strength. Two examples that support the validity of this quotation are Night by Elie Wiesel and The House
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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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original meaning of the word) assumed to be more honest than a street cleaner. Post to Discussion Board: Week 2 - Scavenger Hunt - Character Value Lens (Team Project) Due Thursday Your Team’s Mission Create a succinct summary of your selected Character Value Lens or theory by providing the following integrated components: 1. A brief definition of your assigned character value (a paragraph or two at most). 2. The major elements/principal terminology of this value (a short list). 3. Classroom
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one tells something false‚ but also when one does not speak at all‚ the truth included. This is generally true. A text that illustrates this quote would have characters who do not reveal the truth at a time when doing so would be important. Othello by William Shakespeare satisfies this quote with characters like Emilia and Iago. Characters lie to cover up something‚ but when one doesn’t say anything to tell the truth‚ it still counts as lying. Emilia finds the handkerchief that the protagonist‚
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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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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 idea of adjusting to what we can’t control. A Raisin In the Sun by Lorraine Hansbury uses character to illustrate uncontrollable actions in a situation. Character is the figure of someone who goes through the conflict
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January 17‚ 2012 Critical Lens John F. Kennedy once stated “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. In other words‚ if we can’t resolve our problems peacefully‚ then violent revolution is bound to happen. This is true because in life when people cannot get what they want peacefully‚ they turn to violence. The pieces of literature which prove the quote true are the book; Animal Farm written by George Orwell‚ and the song; “The International” written
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Attention Step: How many people have heard of the argument that students should be paid for playing sports in college? -So most people have. I appreciate sports‚ I played soccer extremely competitively‚ before I got burnt out and quit‚ so I have a huge amount of respect for the people who are able to stick with it and continue playing through college. But I think that the whole argument about them being paid needs to be looked at from a broader perspective. There are elements of this argument
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that‚ “after the lowest part of your life‚ there will always be a light that follows it”. In Night by Elie Wiesel and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ characters are placed in a situation where in they are challenged. However‚ after all the hard work and sacrifice they went through it all paid off at the end. As the story progresses in each book‚ characters go through tons of complications which then causes them to have the mindset of giving up. Although life is a gamble‚ unless risk is put into action
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One may think it is unfair to try so hard to accomplish a goal‚ and in the end it seems that all their hard work and everything they lost paid off for nothing. David Mamet once said “…it is the human lot to try and fail...” I agree with this quotation because it cannot be truer in my own life‚ as well as the tragedy Antigone by Sophocles in which two tragic heroes Creon and Antigone have to endure the pain of trying and failing. To the naked eye it may seem although Creon and Antigone are the complete
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