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Miller Page   Wrote Bringing Down the House  Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in 1991  Has written 12 books  His books turn into successful.

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3   Wrote Bringing Down the House  Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in 1991  Has written 12 books  His books turn into successful movies  The Accidential Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal=The Social Network  Bringing Down the House=21 Ben Mezrich

4   Wrote All the King’s Men  Was known as one of the best poets of his generation  Better known as a novelist with All the King’s Men  Won 3 Pulitzer Prizes  All the King’s Men; 1947  Promises: Poems; 1958  Now and Then: Poems; 1979 Robert Penn Warren

5   Wrote Fast Food Nation  Graduated From Princeton  Started off writing for the Atlantic Monthly  Main book is Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal  Had another bestseller on the American Black Market Eric Schlosser

6   Kevin Lewis- main character  Not real, but based off of Jeff Ma  Micky Rosa- the man who organizes the MIT blackjack teams  Jason Fisher- Head of Kevin’s blackjack team  Other team members- Martinez, Michael, Kianna, Brian, Dylan and Jill Taylor Bringing Down the House Characters

7   Kevin’s Recruitment  Gambling in Vegas  Split from Micky Rosa  Robberies Events in BDTH

8   Manipulation through trickery  Disguises  Fake identities  Different personalities Themes in BDTH

9  = Willie Stark

10   Willie Stark- main character  Jack Burden- narrator  Sadie Burke and Tiny Duffy- Willie’s assistants  Anne and Adam Stanton  Judge Irwin Characters in All the King’s Men

11   Willie advancing through Government ranks  Hospital Mess  Willie’s campaign  Judge Irwin’s story Events in ATKM

12   Manipulation through power  Blackmail  Forced retirement  Byram White Themes in ATKM

13   Eric Schlosser- narrator and author  Fast Food Industry  Workers  Fast food workers  Slaughterhouse cleaners Characters in Fast Food Nation

14   Visiting the plant in Colorado  Plauen  Slaughterhouses Events in Fast Food Nation

15   Manipulation through businesses  The hidden details no one knows about  minimum wage workers Themes in Fast Food Nation

16   All different forms of manipulation  Deceptiveness  Power  business How they relate

17  . "About-BenMezrich." benmezrich.com. N.p., 2010. Web. 17 May 2012 . . "Eric Schlosser's Biography." drury.edu. N.p., 03 Dec 2010. Web. 17 May 2012. drury.edu .  Mezrich, Ben. Bringing Down the House. 1st ed. New York: Free Press, 2002. Print.  Google Images. N.d. Photograph. Images.google.comWeb. 17 May 2012. . (photo of Ben Mezrich, Robert Penn Warren, Eric Schlosser, photos from 21, photo from the movie All the King’s Men ¸ photos of Huey Long, photo of The book All the King’s Men, photo of Fast Food Nation, photo of fast food restaurants and photo of manipulation) Works Cited

18  . "Robert Penn Warren." poets.org. American Academy of Poets, n.d. Web. 16 May 2012. .  Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation. 1st ed. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Print.  Warren, Robert Penn. All the King's Men. 2nd ed. Harcourt Inc., 1946.  N.d. Photograph. Youtube.comWeb. 17 May 2012.. (Video clip of Jill  talking about getting away with it, and Fast Food Nation trailer) Works Cited Ctd.


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