New Critic: I would most likely focus on the dialect between John and Brian and how through those conversations develops the motifs of mental health and corruption. They would also look into the credibility of the characters, analyzing the effectiveness of the text and how messages/themes get across to the audience.
Formalism: I would address on the thoroughness of how mental health (and other themes/motifs) is portrayed in the passages purely through the structure of the text present; creating criticism founded on what is given, neglecting what could be hidden (and found through context clues and analyzation) and the individuality of the authors work.
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