English 10
    Critical Lens Essay #5
     
    Your Task:
     
    Write a critical essay in which you discuss two works of literature you have read from the particular perspective of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens. In your essay, provide a valid interpretation of the statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references to appropriate literary elements from two works. You may use scrap paper to plan your response.
     
    Critical Lens:
     
     

    “ We are our choices.”
     
    --Jean-Paul Sartre
     

     
    Guidelines:
     
    Be sure to
      Provide a valid interpretation of the critical lens that clearly establishes the criteria for analysis
      Indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it
      Choose two works that you have read that you believe best support your opinion
      Use the criteria suggested by the critical lens to analyze the works you have chosen
      Avoid plot summary. Instead, use specific references to appropriate literary elements (for example: theme, characterization, setting, point of view) to develop your analysis
      Organize your ideas in a logical and coherent manner
      Specify the titles and authors of the literature you choose
      Follow the conventions of standard written English

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