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How to write a critical analysis
Identify the author's thesis.
Determine what the author is arguing for or against.
The thesis of an academic article might be easier to identify than the thesis of a creative work, movie, or painting.
If critiquing a work of fiction or creative nonfiction, in either written form or film form, identify one main theme of the story. For a painting, analyze what the the painter may be trying to establish.