Sympathy vs. empathy in literature: Sympathy involves feeling for a character; empathy involves feeling with them, sharing their perspective.
How to apply it: Analyze how an author manipulates narrative technique to create sympathy, empathy, or discomfort in the reader's relationship to a character.
Course: AP English Literature · Unit: Longer Fiction or Drama II
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