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David Mitchell's 2006 novel Black Swan Green contains elements drawn from Mitchell's own life—there are many parallels between the experiences of the novel's protagonist, Jason Taylor, and those of Mitchell—and as a result Black Swan Green is regularly described as an autobiographical novel. This characterization can be useful, but it also presents drawbacks in terms of how the work is perceived, given the high value placed on creativity and imagination in artistic endeavors. Readers who take this characterization to mean that Mitchell merely fictionalized actual events may conclude that ________
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Black Swan Green is not as worthy of praise as it might have been if it had no basis in fact.
A
critics disagree about whether Black Swan Green shows greater originality than works without autobiographical elements.
B
the real-world counterparts of other characters in Black Swan Green are hard to identify.
C
Mitchell should not have claimed that Black Swan Green is based on real events.
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