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English 10/10H
Critical Lens worksheet #1
Directions: Read each of the critical lens statements and provide an interpretation of each one (in your own words) in the space provided.
1. “The artist’s work is to show us ourselves as we really are.” – George Bernard Shaw
2. “In the true novel…the main action takes place inside the characters’ skulls and ribs.” --Arthur Koestler
3. “When you’re safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you’re having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.” --Thorton Wilder
4. “The hardest battle is to be nobody but yourself in a world that is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else.” --e.e. Cummings
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