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Critical Lens Essay John Steinbeck once stated, â€Å"It is the responsibility of the writer to expose our many grievous faults and failures and to hold up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams, for the purpose of improvement.† In others words, people should expose the many flaws and failures that every human has. By revealing them and making it eye-catching, that person can recognize that flaw and work to improve their flaws and failures. The journalistic novel Random Family by Adriene Nicole LeBlanc and the non-fiction novel Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger both reveal that true mental and emotional freedom is dependent on finding a solution for your defects and deficiency. The literary elements used to prove this quote was conflict and irony. The novel Friday Night Lights by H.G Bissinger illustrates how a person’s failures can deeply affect others negatively. For example, the conflict was a person to person---fight between two people because Charlie is angry with his son Don for failing to hold the football during a game or practice. Charlie expresses how he feels by interr...