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    Exploring the novel, “Count Zero,” it appears that William Gibson represents Turner as one of the main characters who relies on his instincts. In support of this idea, when Turner meets his crew at the Mall, he says, “Conroy has this problem, Lynch, Can’t delegate responsibility. He likes to have his own man from start, someone to watch the watchers. Always.You the one, Lynch?” (45; Ch 7). Using this scene, the author signals that even though, based on his previous experience working with Conroy

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    In the book Neuromancer by William Gibson, the technology and violence shown by the people and AI demonstrate that with the progression and evolution of technology, the cruel nature of humans progresses and evolves with it, and vise versa. This shows that we should be weary and careful of letting our technologies evolve too fast until we depend on technology too much for bettering our lives and get controlled by AI 's for their own interests. Neuromancer is set in the distant future where technology

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    Neuromancer, is a novel written by William Gibson in 1984, the story follows the experiences of Henry Dorsett Case, a talented console cowboy (hacker), who’s lifestyle dramatically changed once he was caught stealing from his employer. As a punishment, he was given a Russian mycotoxin that damaged his nervous system, rendering him unable to hack into cyberspace again. Case meets Armitage, his future employer who can fix is nervous system which will allow him to return back into cyber space, but on

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    My First Day

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    bag full of money and a solid, black till that looked well used. ‘Count this,” he said in a frantic manner as I heard a loud crash take place across the store. He rushed over to the scene, leaving me by myself as I began to count. I was confused. “How am I going to count this?” I said sarcastically. I asked around for a piece of paper, but no one had a piece on them. I counted all the money in my head, trying not to lose count. It was hard to focus while listening to a coworker of mine talking

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    Possession in “My Last Duchess” and “Andrea del Sarto” The poems “My Last Duchess” and “Andrea del Sarto” by Robert Browning are both dramatic monologues, consisting of men talking about their wives. Both speakers are similar men of different background; both have their confidence depend on outside factors (wife, title), they both want to possess their wives, and they both mistakenly think that they have achieved this goal. Andrea del Sarto and the Duke of Ferrara are both men incomplete without

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    The Last Duchess

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    He at last says that the audience is a hireling of the Count, the father of the lady he is wanting to wed next. He says the extensive endowment that he wouldn't see any problems with tolerating, clearly arranging the terms of another marriage understanding. As they move in the opposite direction of the representation

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    The unforgiving cold wind blew throughout Himmel Street, making way for the entrance to Frau Diller’s shop. Inside, you could see Frau Diller standing inside her shop with cold dead eyes, listening to the Nazi propaganda on her new radio. She began to hail along with the radio as she rearranged the newspaper display with the latest printing of Der Stürmer, her favorite newspaper of the week. She dusted her portrait of Adolf Hitler, heiled to it, and began to open shop. She walked to the front of

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    to the small European duchy of Cagliostro to investigate some excellently forged money and stumbles across a national conspiracy going back some hundreds of years. Lupin and his friends must rescue the beautiful Clarice from the hands of the evil Count Cagliostro and solve the mystery of a hidden treasure dating back to the 15th century. After pulling off a heist at a Monaco Casino, Lupin and Jigen soon discovered that they just stole counterfeit money, which gives Lupin an idea on what their next

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    My First Day At Work

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    of money and a solid, black register tray that looked well used. ‘Count this,” he said in a frantic manner as I heard a loud crash take place across the store. He rushed over to the scene, leaving me by myself as I began to count. I was confused. “How am I going to count this?” I said sarcastically. I asked around for a piece of paper, but no one had a piece on them. I counted all the money in my head, trying not to lose count. It was hard to focus while listening to a coworker of mine talking

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    Chapter One February 23, 1843, 10 years before the events of An Immigrant American, Volume 1 of the Kopp Chronicles. Suddenly, the door of the carriage flung open, as it pulled up to the doors of the Mannheim Palace on an early and cold February morning in 1843. “Karolina, I am so glad you are here!” A young woman with brown disheveled hair said frantically as she burst into tears. “I thought you would never get here. I don’t know what to do with my hair, and my mother needs help with the wedding

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