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we should assist the boys shouldn't we?
I feel that the missing word is most likely "lens" - check if it's among your options.
When something is compared to a lens through which the word is seen, it means that the world is seen through a certain perspective, that it's using a certain interpretation: here that of literary theory.
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What story, you might want to read it yourself i dont recommend asking random people online... just a thought sorry
