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Critical Lens II

Critical Lens II. INTRODUCTION. State the Critical Lens Interpret the Critical Lens (SAY SOMETHING!!!) Indicate whether you agree or disagree Bring up the literature you are about to discuss. SAMPLE INTRODUCTION.

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Critical Lens II

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  1. Critical Lens II

  2. INTRODUCTION • State the Critical Lens • Interpret the Critical Lens (SAY SOMETHING!!!) • Indicate whether you agree or disagree • Bring up the literature you are about to discuss

  3. SAMPLE INTRODUCTION

  4. Helen Keller once said, “Although the world is full of suffering, it also full of the overcoming of it.” This quote shows that life is filled with pain and obstacles that can seem overwhelming. Yet, if we can succeed in conquering that agony we will gain some understanding and knowledge about the world. Thus, pain and suffering are necessary in order to live a full life. Helen Keller’s quote is accurateand the logic can be found in two pieces of literature. Both Walter Dean Myer’s novel Monster and Bernard Eveslin’s Heroes, Gods, and Monsters have characters that demonstrate Keller’s qoute.

  5. BODY PARAGRAPH • Introduce the literature (genre, title, and author) • BRIEF plot summary • Cite the literary term you will use • Provide evidence of that term from the text • Relate the term and evidence to the critical lens REPEAT ABOVE STEPS USING A SECOND TERM!!!

  6. SAMPLE BODY PARAGRAPH

  7. Walter Dean Myers’ novel Monsteris about a young man named Steve Harmon who gets arrested after being accused of assisting in the robbery of a convenience store. Steve experiences the painful existence of a criminal in jail. Myers directly characterizes Steve as being the son of a broken family. This is shown during the emotional conversation Steve had with his father in jail. This is a great obstacle for Steve because it is something a young man should never go through. This relates to Keller’s quote because it was only after Steve experiences the significant suffering in jail does he obtain the knowledge that love and family are incredibly important.

  8. Walter Dean Meyers’ novel Monsteris about Steve Harmon, a city teen involved in a robbery which causes him to go on trial for murder. By the end of the novel we find that Steve was wrongly accused of the crime. Unfortunately, the whole process convinces Steve that he is a monster. Throughout the trial, Steve writes in his notes that he is a monster. The image of the word “monster” shows that Steve is suffering and in great pain, this is the greatest obstacle he has ever faced. From his ordeal, Steve gains wisdom. He gains the knowledge that you must know your friends or else they could get you in trouble. Steve is indirectly characterized as having a bad family. His father rarely visits him and he is not close to his mother. He remarks in the novel that he is not very close to his mother.

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