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Intro topic · Woody Allen film character Harry Block

Neurotic and narcissistic writer

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Explain significance · of Harry Block

The character reflects the filmmaker's (Allen's) approach to, and obession with, his art

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Expand topic to main point · The narcissistic artist as a recurring theme in Allen's films

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Example · of the narcissistic artist in another film

"Stardust Memories" main character Sandy Bates viewed as shallow and self-oriented

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Relate example to main point · Pattern of Allen's characters centering their art on themselves

Author's perspective: Allen himself worries that his own art is self-centered

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Another example · of the narcissistic artist in Allen's films

Ex-husband character in "Manhattan"

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Draw connection · Between artists' narcissism and unhappiness

Allen's artistic characters end up unhappy because of their self-centered natures

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Support connection · Between artists' narcissism and unhappiness

Meanwhile, inartistic and non-self-centered characters end up with happy endings

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The title character of Zelig is mentioned as an example of a less artistic character who has a happy ending. This is part of support for the point made at the beginning of P4 that the less artistic Allen’s characters, the more likely their narrative is to result in a happy ending.

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The author never mentions the prevailing critical view of Allen’s films. So the author certainly doesn’t counter it.

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The author’s point in mentioning Zelig’s title character is to show that the less artistic characters in Allen’s works are more likely to end up happy. The author never suggests that having less artistic characters end up happy is a “primary preoccupation” of Allen’s works. These characters do appear in his works, but we have no reason to think that the main preoccupation is to show that less artistic character end up happier. Rather, we could say one of Allen’s preoccupations is criticism of artists; but this is different from a preoccupation with showing that less artistic characters are more likely to end up happy.

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This is the best answer. Zelig’s title character, who is less artistic but ends happy, acts as a contrast to the more artistic characters who don’t end up happy.

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The author’s point in mentioning Zelig isn’t to show that artistic character are important in Allen’s works. It’s to show that the less artistic the characters, the more likely their narrative is to result in a happy ending.

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The author’s point in mentioning Zelig isn’t to show that Allen likes certain nonartistic characters. It’s to show that the less artistic the characters, the more likely their narrative is to result in a happy ending.

PrepTest 128 - Section 4 - Passage 2 - Question 11

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