Key+Works+for+the+Critical+Lens

The following pages have a brief synopsis, key literary elements, and links for some of the more widely used literature on the critical lens. While we do not endorse Sparknotes and other such sites as a substitute to reading, the are useful as a means of focused review.

Of Mice and Men

Romeo and Juliet

The Kite Runner

The Catcher in the Rye

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian

Death of a Salesman

To Kill a Mockingbird

Julius Caesar

Lord of the Flies

Animal Farm

Monster

The Things They Carried

The Great Gatsby

Night

Siddhartha