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The Art of ManipulationMiller PageWrote Bringing Down the HouseGraduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in 1991Has written 12 booksHis books turn into successful moviesThe Accidential Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal=The Social NetworkBringing Down the House=21Ben Mezrich

Wrote All the Kings MenWas known as one of the best poets of his generationBetter known as a novelist with All the Kings MenWon 3 Pulitzer PrizesAll the Kings Men; 1947 Promises: Poems; 1958 Now and Then: Poems; 1979

Robert Penn Warren

Wrote Fast Food NationGraduated From PrincetonStarted off writing for the Atlantic MonthlyMain book is Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American MealHad another bestseller on the American Black MarketEric Schlosser

Kevin Lewis- main characterNot real, but based off of Jeff MaMicky Rosa- the man who organizes the MIT blackjack teamsJason Fisher- Head of Kevins blackjack teamOther team members- Martinez, Michael, Kianna, Brian, Dylan and Jill Taylor

Bringing Down the House Characters

Kevins RecruitmentGambling in VegasSplit from Micky RosaRobberiesEvents in BDTH

Manipulation through trickeryDisguisesFake identitiesDifferent personalities

Themes in BDTH

= Willie StarkWillie Stark- main characterJack Burden- narratorSadie Burke and Tiny Duffy- Willies assistantsAnne and Adam StantonJudge IrwinCharacters in All the Kings Men

Willie advancing through Government ranksHospital MessWillies campaignJudge Irwins story

Events in ATKM

Manipulation through powerBlackmailForced retirementByram WhiteThemes in ATKM

Eric Schlosser- narrator and authorFast Food IndustryWorkersFast food workersSlaughterhouse cleaners

Characters in Fast Food Nation

Visiting the plant in ColoradoPlauen SlaughterhousesEvents in Fast Food Nation

Manipulation through businessesThe hidden details no one knows aboutminimum wage workers

Themes in Fast Food Nation

All different forms of manipulationDeceptivenessPowerbusiness

How they relate

. "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. . 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 Kings Men photos of Huey Long, photo of The book All the Kings Men, photo of Fast Food Nation, photo of fast food restaurants and photo of manipulation)

Works Cited. "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)

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