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“Reflective Art” CARS Passage Breakdown: Distance, Detachment & Bresson


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Join Molly and Jack for a CARS Reading Skills Workshop as they unpack Susan Sontag’s “Reflective Art”. Learn how to spot main ideas, separate concrete from “wishy-washy” lines, and use author tone and repetition to navigate dense prose. We also dive into why Sontag highlights emotional distance, postponed gratification, and filmmaker Robert Bresson and how these themes show up in CARS questions.


What you’ll learn:

How to find the main idea when the writing is abstract

“Concrete vs. wishy-washy” sentence filter (what to cling to vs. skim)

Why detachment changes emotional responses in reflective art

How labels like “cold” vs “hot” art can be traps

Practical CARS habits: stay engaged without importing your own opinions


Try the passage & 5 questions:

👉 Reflective Art – Oct 15 Daily Passage: https://jackwestin.com/daily/mcat-practice-passages/cars-practice-passages/reflective-art


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