Beyond the Mafia V (188-End)

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Today states organized smuggling, assasinations, and other crimes and they are trying to stop them at the same time.

Chinano gangs are gangs that come from a result of economic reconstructing.

"Blood in, Blood out" was a term used by prsion gangs to say that they were initiayed by sheding blood and could only leave if they died because prsion gagns usually had a life membership.

The hird level in a prison gang is the Family Level which is thelevel where all the secretive things and actions go on i a prison gang.

Organized Crime didnt start in the twentieth-century but started with colonial pirates.

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How can the prison gangs be secretive wehn they're being watched by guards and are in cells?
What are prison gangs able to do in the prison since theyre being watched and dont usaully have much stuff or money?
How did people trade with pirates?
Why was trade with pirates made illegal in the Carolinas?

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inextricably (pg 192): impossible to untie or disentangle; impossible to solve; impossible to escape from.

privateer (pg 221): a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation.

vagrancy (pg 226): the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood.

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"organized crime and the legal authorities.."(pg 198) Oxymoron because the legal authorities are trying to stop crime yet theyre working with them.

"blood in, blood out"(pg 213) This is symbolism because blood in means the initiation into a prison gang and blood out menas the only way to leave the gang was if you died.

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The final section of the book talks about prison gangas and it also talks about how pirates strated teh term "Organized Crime".

Beyond the Mafia IV (141-188)

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Women are not known to have a role in organized crime groups, especially in Chinese triads but when they are they usually do clerical or administative work.

Womwns role in Motorcycle gangs like the Hells' Angels is to follow the man and men usually have the dominant contorl in motorcycle gangs like in most gangs.

Women are not allowed as club memebrs into motorcycel gangs because of competition and it would cause poer and identity issues.

Ol" Ladies are referred to as the dominant female force in outlaw biker gangs.

Since the destruction of the Berlin wall there has been an increase in crime in Eatern Europe.

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Why are women organiaing into motorcycle groups sepearte from males?
why are there not many female bikers?
Why did the fall of the Berlin Wall promote organized crime?
How did Organized crime groups in Russia take over enterpirses?

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clerical (pg 145): of or relating to clerks; "clerical work".

hedonistic (pg 167): the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle.

concoctitions (pg 177): a combination of various ingredients.

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"Hell's Angels"(pg 151) Oxymoron.

"the fuel-tax evasion"(pg 175) This shows man vs. man conflict between the Russian mafia and New York law enforcement.

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This section talsk about the role of women in Motorcycle gangs and it also talks about the Russian Mafia nad the tax-evasion problemin New York.

Beyond the Mafia III (94-141)

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The LAPD do not belive that Yakuza has caused as much trouble as the other Chinese or Vietnamese gangs in America so they do not waste theur money chasing them.

Yakuza used tlaent scams to force women into prostitution and into other jobs for the YAkuza organization.

The Yakuza are not only a organized crime group but also good bussinesmen who invest in foreign markets like cars.

The Colombian cartel Medellin has been the most destructive and violent organized crime group in the world.

Colombia became known as a nacrodemocary because of all of the drugs that were being trafficked.

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Why did the embassy refuse to help Kristen flee from Japan since she was being abused by the Yakuza organization?

Why didnt the govornment do anything abiut Yakuza in Hawaii knowing they re there?

Why didnt the Colombian govronment do anything about the cartel Medellin?

How did Medellin become so powerful and got the govornment on its side?

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anachronistic (pg 98): chronologically misplaced.

discernible (pg 109): Possible to discern.

oyabun (pg 132): a Japanese supervisor.

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"Yakuza leaders maintained control through money" (pg 102) This foredahdows that if there was no more money there would be no more control and there would be a lot of conflict in the organization.

"What does it mean to be a sicario...a professional killer..." (pg 119) This shows dialouge between to people.

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This section of the book talks about the organized crime group Yakuza in Japan and it laso tlaks about the cartel Medellin in Colombia.

Beyond the Mafia II (47-94)

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Almost all the Organized Crime Gropus that exist exist in secrecy and usuallly include members of the same ethnicity and the same background in crime.

Chinese gangas are known to be the biggest exporters of heroin in both the United States and now in Canada.

In Chinese gangs females are not allowed and theyre not considered gang members even if they have joined, they just hang out with the gang members for atention.

Like other Hisoanic and African American gangs, Asian youth join gangs for the same reason, problems in school, their association with crime and the want to make money.

Like many other gangs, Chinese gangs are filled with adolescant youth.

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Why are women not allowed in the Chinses gangs and even if they join why are they not considered gang members?
Why are the Chinese gangs filled with youth?

Why do some gangs have a ceremony where they have to drink blood with wine?
Why do other observers of Chinese gangs exaggerate Chinese gang activity in the U.S.?

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lucrative (pg 54): producing a lot of money, profitable

dissuaded (pg 58): To convince not to try or do

cohesive (pg 72): well integrated

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"Every Chinese gang in New York City manuvers in its own land" (pg 76) This shows man vs. man conflict between gangs in New York if gangs get involved in others territories.

"...monilithic hierichall criminal cartel..." (pg 80) This shows hyporbole because other observers are exaggerating crimnial activity of Chiniese gangs in the U.S.

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This section talks about Chinses gangs, their activity in the U.S and also all of the things that happen in some of the gangs.

Beyond the Mafia I (Start - 47)

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The Bhopal disaster was the wordls most industratial accdient and it occured in Bhopal, India.

More than 3;000 people died in the Bhopal disaster and 200,000 others were badly injured reported the Indian govornment.

Its illegal to sell a wide range of pesticeides, pharmacutical and other related products every year but many companies like Upjohns sell products to thrid-world countires.

Many chemical companies cause deaths in developing countries because they sell safea nad unapproved substances for their profit in the countires.

Infant formulas have been a big death factor for infants in third world countries in places like Africa and Adia because the formula has to be mixed with water and without clean water the infant is exposed to water-bourne diseasees.

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Why didnt The company take more safety measures when they were dealing with a toxic chemical (MIC) and they were near a big population of people?

Why does the US allow sales of products that are banned in the US to be sold in thrid world countries?

Why are companies making factories in other countires when they could be building factories in the U.S and helping get jobs for the American people?

Why doesnt the U.N. do anything about the explotaiton of thrid world countries wehn they know its happening and hurting those countires?

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pesticides (pg 17): a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests.

stringent(pg 22): rigorously binding or exacting; strict

moonshiner (pg 39): a person who distills or sells liquor, esp. corn liquor, illegally.

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"In the shantey town of Bhapol..." (pg 1) Foreshadows that something bad is going to happen.

"the mushrooming use of pesticeds in the Third World countries is a daily threat..." (pg 17) This is a conflict betwwen multimillion companies and their factories in the third world countries.

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This section talks about the explotation of land in the third world countires and the illegal production and trade of liquor.

A Scanner Darkly: The Movie

• The movie was great and it had great acting along with great directing.
• I liked how they used cartoon-like filming because it made the movie seem better for me.
• The movie was very brief while the book was very detailed.
• The movie left many parts out like the part with Freck in the beginning and also other parts in the movie that when you really look at, are really insignificant to the movie.
• The director used many P.O.V. shots from Fred inside the Scramble suit.
• The movie was very interesting to watch because it painted another picture in my mind of what was going on and how the enviornment looked.
• The way that the characters acted showed their true personalities in the plot whihc in the end shows that it was great acting in the movie.
• One thing I fiugred out right before they were going to show it was, Donna being Hank.
• When Hank started to talk to Fred at the End you could tell it was Donna.
• Did Donna ever take Substance D or was she faking all the time, also witht the cocaine?
• I liked the way the director visualized the book and I believe that it was an excellent film.

A Scanner Darkly Post 5

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Bariss is snitching on Bob while Bob is working for the police an listening to him talk.
Bob is being signed into New-Path to work on his addiction.
The peopel in New-Path are brainwahsed and are like robots.
Fred was sent to work on a farm in Napa Valley after he wwas signed into New Path.
New-Path produces Substance D with their blue flower
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Who is Hank?
Why is Fred being fined when he had to tke Substance D to protect his cover?
Did Jim Barris poison Fred or is it the Substance D?
Why do they call Bob Bruce now, was that his real name?
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Tapestry (p 237): a machine-woven reproduction of this.
impassively (p 251): without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
transmute (p 258): to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.
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"cuckoo"(p 225)Onomotepia.
"the flower of the future"(p 272) Symoblis. The floweres symoblise the way that society is heading because of Substance D.
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The last section talks about Fred being addmited into New-Path and eventually figuring out that New-path is the cause of all the roblems because theyre making Substance D.

A Scanner Darkly Post 4

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Bob watches holo playbacks which must mean hes a holo-scanner.
Fred has to do another test.
Bob is messing up his cover .
Bob took 10 tbas of Substance D the day they were testing for it.
The consumtion of the 10 tabs cayused Bob to fail his test.
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Did donna plan to up Bob in the middle of the night or was it a coincedence like she said?
What did Frd hear in German?
Why did Bob decide to take ten tbasright before the test?
Why does Fred have to do another test, did they find that he was becoming addicted?
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peddling (p 163): to deal out, distribute, or dispense, esp. in small quantities.
amiably (p 176): having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable.
ident (p 190): short for identification, esp. in reference to its use on television channels between programs.
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"POSE AS A NARK"(p 198)Foreshadowing that something bad is going to happen or his cover will be blown.
"I would never hang out with creeps like that"(p 199). Fred is hanging out wioth them and hes lying about it.
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This section talks about Fred having to tke the test again and it also talks about Fred's cover as a Nark.

A Scanner Darkly Post 3

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The doctors want to evaluate Fre/Bob because they think that he has taken to much Substance D and is getting out of contorl.
How had Barris gotten all the speciala modifications on his car.
Bob had his won modifications in his car radio to hear officers tlakingon the police radio.
Luckman was choking while Barriss was standing there doing nothing.
Barriss stood and watchedLuckamn choke because he is up to something evil.
4
How did Barris get the "10-speed" bike for only twenty dollars?
Where is all the substance D coming from and who makes it?
Who are the holo-scanners?
Do people in the Police Station know that hes really Bob Acort?
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chiasm (p 115): a crossing or decussation, as that of the optic nerves at the base of the brain.
marveling (p 132): something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy.
frigid (p 158): without warmth of feeling; without ardor or enthusiasm.
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"A thousand tabs of death"(p 144) Foreshadow. Thsi foreshadows that something bad is going to happen with all those tabs.
"I dont like Bariss"(p 144) Foreshadowing that Bariss is up to something and his goint to do somthing bad.
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This section talks about Bob and his double life and it also talks mostly about Barriss.

A Scanner Darkly Post 2

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Bob Arctor is Fred in the scramble suit.
The scramble sut helps protect their identities by giving them aa bunch of different identities at a time.
Fred has to report on himslef otherwise his superiors will find out who he is.
The police mounted cameras while Bob and his friends traveled to San Diego.
Their car broke down as they were going to San Diego and it looked Deliberate.
4
How does the scramble suit look like and how does it protect the officers?
Why was Bariss trying to make a silencer?
Did somone mess with the car before they went to San Diego?
Was the evidence a slip-up?
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scowling (p 68): to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.
murky (p 70): dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
unerringly (p 72): not erring; not going astray or missing the mark.
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"bablling at the operator"(p 76) Ontomotepia.
"The ashtray as always overflowed"(p 97) Symbolism. Shows that they smoked alot of weed.
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This section tlaks about Fred having to report on his findings and about himself while hes trying to help the Orange County Office.

A Scanner Darkly Post 1

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There are bugs on the guy and allaround his house.
Substance D is an illegal drug.
Jerry is a dope-head and addicted to substance D.
The story is set in Califronia.
Bob Arctor is an undercover narcotics agent.
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What are aphids?
Were there really aphids on him and around his house or was he hallucinating?
What is substance D?
What is the scramble suit?
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tract (p 6): a stretch or period of time.
barbiturates (p 8): any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics.
amid (p 11): in the middle of; surrounded by.
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"specifecalliy who these men-or rather animals-..."(p 25) Metaphor. the author is comparing the men to animals.
"This is why you get up and leave." (p 27) Man vs. Man. Bob is arguing against the lady.
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This section sets up the story and starts to talk about Bob Arctor being an undercover agent.

The Penultimate Truth 180 - THEE END

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Adamns and Nicholas ahd to reopen the hole that led back to the tank because earlier Lantano's leadies had blocked it.
A pol-com was appointed to each ant tank so there would not be any direct contatct with the outside world and so noon e would find out the war was over.
The people were still wwitign for the Yance speech and wether or not it would be Lantano or Brose.
Lantano and Foote had killed Brose and now Lantano is now the new Yancy.
The poeple could now go up to the surface gradually..
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Was Nicholas mad on their decison to ask for another pol-com?
Why did they lie to the people?
Why didnt they want to go up?
What was the "soundless fog"?
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extant(p 181) an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
graft(p 183) a bud, shoot, or scion of a plant inserted in a groove, slit, or the like in a stem or stock of another plant in which it continues to grow.
coax(p 189) to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole.
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Foreshadow(p 89)"I would" Adams istalking about wanting a job as one of the leaders whcihc foreshadows him going back again to be a Yance-man.
Symbolism(p 186 )"The T.V." The T.V. is a symbol of their freedom because thats where they hear all the newws about the war and the utside world and now theyre being told about their freedom athrogh the T.V.
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The last section of the book talks aobut the assasination of Brose and the new leadership Lantano and the fact that everyone will go up to the surface gradually.

The Penultimate Truth 160-180

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Borse programed the T.V. set to kill Verne Lindblom.
David Lantatno programed the machine to kill Robert Higs.
Foote found out that Lantanto is an American Indian.
Lantano acted as General David Eisenhower in one of the documetraies.
Adams ordeered his leadies to kill the four footemen.
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How did Foote know that Lantanto was an American-Indian?
Why didnt Lnatano tell anyone before that he was one of the actors in the documentary?
Why didnt Lantano tell people that he was an American Indian?
WHy did Nicholas recieve the pancreas without any conditions?
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tropism(p 161) an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, esp. by growth rather than by movement.
spurious(p 163) not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
quagmire(p 164) an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
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Foreshadow (p 166)"Brose either dies tomorrow mornin or..."Foreshadows that Borse is probably going to die.
Metaphor(p 175)"already prwar supplies were being recovered. It was in yance-man arogt, christmas morning""
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This section talks about how Lantano, Adams, Nicholas, and Fotte worked together to get the pancreas and try to kill Brose.

The Penultimate Truth 140-160

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Mr. Lantano is helping the ex-tankers survive in the outside world.
Nicholas lost the twent thousand doallars he had to buy the pancreas but even if he did have it, he wouldnt be able to get it.
Mr. Lantano is an Indian but he disugises his skin color as radiation burns.
David Lantano is an ex-tanker.
David Lantano is the only yance man that has a family and is sterile.
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Why is David Lantano helping the tankers?
Why did Lantatno lie about his skin color?
Why is David Lantano the only one of the yancy-men who has a family?
Is David Lantano Tablot Yancy or is the character jsut based of off him?
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reenter(p 141) to enter again.
retinue(p 147) a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
Enigmatically(pg 150) resembling an enigma; perplexing; mysterious.
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Foreshadow (p 152)"Unless Lantanon can help me I am next" Something abd is going to happen and hes probably going to die.
Simile(p 153)"the man vibrated with apprehension as if gouged from within".
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This section talks about avid Lantatno helping out the ex-tankers and Lantanos true identity.

The Penultimate Truth 120 - 140

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There is now two assasinations:Robert Hig the first victim and Verne Lindblom was the second assasination.
The first two victims were participants of the special project and Jospeh Adams was probably going to be next.
The T.V set was the assasin of Verene Lindblom.
Cenio analyzed who killed the two leadys and it looks exactly like Yancy.
Foote didnt tell Borse any of the info he knew.
4
Why do they want to take down Runcible?
Why has assasinated all the guys?
How did the T.V. set kill Verne Lindblom?
Is Yancy real?
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senility(p 120) the state of being senile, esp. the weakness or mental infirmity of old age.
tartly(p 121) sharp in character, spirit, or expression; cutting; caustic.
phalanx(p 124) any body of troops in close array.
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Metaphor (p 120)"Brose's image wavered...agitation possibly a nueroligically damaged structure".
Oxymoron(p 125)"carrying the funny gu nwhich was not funny at all".
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This section of the book talks about the assasination of an engenner and it also talks about the assasination of Verne Lindblom, one of the Yancy-men.

The Penultimate Truth 100-120

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Brose made up Yancy to rule the Earth and so did the other four men.
The war was only going on for two years and its been 13 years since the war ended and the people below the surface thought it was still going on.
The guys are alone in their thousnad or more acre demnses without families or anything.
The men are all corrupt with their own power.

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Why doesnt Brose and the other men tell the ant tanks that the war is over?
Why dont they want the people to come to the surface since there is no one to be with them?
Why do the men need such large pieces of land when they dont have any families except leadies?
Who killed Higs?
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grafted(p 103) To unite (a shoot or bud) with a growing plant by insertion or by placing in close contact.
theodolites(p 106) An optical instrument consisting of a small mounted telescope rotatable in horizontal and vertical planes, used to measure angles in surveying, meteorology, and navigation
indignant(p 110) feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base.
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Symbolism (p 103) "It has been thirteen years". 13 is an unlucky number and the people were also unlucky.
Foreshadow (p 103)"Brose has them all attached, he owns them all, legaly" This foreshadow s Nicholas doing anything to get the pancreas because thats the thing he came up for and its really needed.
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This section of the book talks about Nicholas trying to fint the artiforg and also the artifacts being buried and then found 6 centuries later.

The Penultimate Truth 80-100

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Nicholas went to the surface (Earth) and noticed that the sky was gra and that there was rubel left from the war.
Two leadies confronted him asking hm about his journey here and they were called "The Penultimate Truth".
The leadies wanted to kill him but after disappeared.
The war is over.
Talbot Yancy is a fake.
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Why was the sky gray and not blue according to Nicholas?
Why did the leadies dicide not to kill him and disappered after?
Why is Nicholas still trying to find a artifog after he found out he doesnt need it?
Why are all the other tankers here?
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concot(p 89) to devise; make up; contrive.
litigation(p 91) a lawsuit.
tartly(p 94) sharp in character, spirit, or expression; cutting; caustic.
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Foreshadow(p 89)"we ahve the time scoop..." This foreshadows that theyre going to use it for something bad.
Symbolism(p 95)"...still shuffuling his papers.." Shows that the person is lying, nervous or about to lie.
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This section talks about Nicholas going on to Earth and finding out about the war being over.

The Penultimate Truth 60-80

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In Documentary A which Adams chose it shows Hitler as being emotinla and, flamboyant, moody, and unstabel but the people of Wes-Dom dodnt believ its ture.
The people of Wes-Dom believe that Hitler was a genius and that he was pure.
Jospeh is able to see the flaws and th elies in the documentary and believes that they were ignorant mistakes.
The maker of the documentary Fischer put a tete-atete in the documentary(which couldnt have hapened) to make the documentary more dramatic.
According to Fischer Rossevelt and Hitler worked together for Germany to attack Russia.
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Why did they want Adams to watch the documentary?
Why did they in a way admire Adolf Hitler and think he was a "genius"?
How was Jospeh able to know that the collar button cameras didnt exist at that time?
Why were so many lies pt into the documentary?

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monad(p 61) any simple, single-celled organism.
sardonic(p 64) characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering.
harbinger(p 67) a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.
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Simile(p 61)"Megavc 2-B which acted as a ruling monad of the labrynthine organism of spool upon spool of microtape".
Simile(p 65) The author is comparing Adolf Hitler to Beeethoven.
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This section of the book talks aboutmostly Joseph Adams watching the dosumentary on ww2 and finding the flaws of the documentary.

The Penultimate Truth 40-60

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Brose wants the old artifacts because he wants wealth and power and the artifacts from Utah are priceless.
The Estes Park Govornment wants to convict and destroy Louis Runcible.
Somone is tipping of ant tanks that the war is over.
Louis Runcible iulds ant tanks and is one fothe suspects for tipping of tnas the war is over.
The people below the surface believe that the earth is full of radioactive waste, missles and bacteria roaming around.
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What is a nonterran race?
What is a nolo contendere plea?
What was Runcible guilty of?
Is the war really over or the people actually lying to the ant tanks?
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stratum(p 40) a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another
colloquy(p 43) a conversational exchange; dialogue.
guardedly(p 50) cautious; careful; prudent.
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Foreshadow(p 54)"to much impairment of red-cell production" Forshadows something bad happening to his body.
Similie(p 55)"felt like slinkin away"
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This section talks about the many things that are happening inside the ant tanks and how someone is tipping of ant tanks that the war is over.

The Penultiamte Truth 20-40

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They are in ant tanks below surface.
Leadies are metal constructs or robots without a pancreas.
The people almost got anialated before the got below surface.
Most of the food they eat and drink is synthetic, like the cofee since theyre below surface.
Nicholas wants to go to the surface and set off a bomb.
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What is coup de grace?
Who are the leadies?
Why did the humans construct the leadies if they didn't them to fight for them or protect them?
Who are they fighting the war against?
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cholinesterase(p 24) an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid).
beseechingly(p 26) in a beseeching manner.
conapt(p 32) ?
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Forshadow(p 25) "...is theyre short on food and need a pretext..." Foreshadows that one of the tanks or more will be abolished.
Simile(p 31) " a wide river like wet silver"
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This section talks about how one fo the anti tanks might get abolished and also that Nicholas might go up to the surface to fight int he war and set off a bomb.

The Penultimate Truth 1-20

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In the beginnng of the book the author made a refrence to a king back in ttime who failed because he got to caught up with himself.
The city of San Francisco is now the former city of San Francisco.
The world and its cities have already beenn ravaged.
The squierrl species has been exterminated.
They didnt use pens or paper anymore but used computers instead and other gadgets.
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What is a rhetorizor?
Where do they live?
What time period are they in?
Is the fog harmful?
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demesne(p 4) possession of land as one's own
tribunal(p 10) a place or seat of judgment.
homotropic(p 10) ?
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Foreshadowing "an Ozymandiasian structure built from cocrete" It forshadows that the place is going to fall and come to an end.
hyperbole "...cause your head to expand until it pops like a brown paper bag."

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This section of the book introduces the main characters of the book and it also explains the enviornment and the jobs that the chraraters are in.