Passage Summary: Modern books make loners who don't care about society look cool, which makes readers adopt that same attitude, eventually hurting everyone.

Conclusion: Modern literature has the potential to cause harm to both individuals and the broader community.

Reasoning: Modern literature often portrays anti-social and detached protagonists sympathetically, which encourages readers to disregard the importance of contributing to the common good.

Analysis: The critic assumes a direct causal link between the themes of a book and the real-world behavior of its readers. Specifically, the argument relies on the idea that readers actually 'appropriate' or adopt the attitudes of the characters they find sympathetic. If readers were able to enjoy a sympathetic protagonist without changing their own civic behavior, the conclusion about societal damage would fall apart. Look for an answer that confirms literature has this power to influence the moral outlook of its audience.