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
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Wrote All the Kings Men Was known as one of the best poets of
his generation Better known as a novelist with All the Kings Men
Won 3 Pulitzer Prizes All the Kings Men; 1947 Promises: Poems; 1958
Now and Then: Poems; 1979 Robert Penn Warren
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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
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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 Kevins blackjack team Other team members- Martinez,
Michael, Kianna, Brian, Dylan and Jill Taylor Bringing Down the
House Characters
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Kevins Recruitment Gambling in Vegas Split from Micky Rosa
Robberies Events in BDTH
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Manipulation through trickery Disguises Fake identities
Different personalities Themes in BDTH
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= Willie Stark
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Willie Stark- main character Jack Burden- narrator Sadie Burke
and Tiny Duffy- Willies assistants Anne and Adam Stanton Judge
Irwin Characters in All the Kings Men
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Willie advancing through Government ranks Hospital Mess Willies
campaign Judge Irwins story Events in ATKM
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Manipulation through power Blackmail Forced retirement Byram
White Themes in ATKM
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Eric Schlosser- narrator and author Fast Food Industry Workers
Fast food workers Slaughterhouse cleaners Characters in Fast Food
Nation
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Visiting the plant in Colorado Plauen Slaughterhouses Events in
Fast Food Nation
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Manipulation through businesses The hidden details no one knows
about minimum wage workers Themes in Fast Food Nation
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All different forms of manipulation Deceptiveness Power
business How they relate
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. "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 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
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. "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.