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=﻿Grand Illusion= =by Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins= =Plot=

Grand Illusion tells the story of New York City mayor, Rudy Giuliani and his story on what happened on September 11, 2001 attacks on the world trade center. It explains how he delt with the situations at hand and how America praised him and referred to him as "America's Mayor". =﻿Author's Goal=

The author's goal was to show that Rudy Giuliani wasn't prepared at all for September 11 and not really taking into consideration of what happened with the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center to try and prevent Islamic Terrorism. He was criticized for ignoring the situation and not doing anything about what had happened in 1993. If he had, he could've prevented 9/11 from ever happening. But instead, he simply brushed it off like dust thinking it was no big deal until it was too late. =Chapter Predictions and Summaries=

Chapter 1: The Wrold Trade Center Attacked
This chapter descibes the horrific events of September 11, 2001. Many interviews and witnesses describe what happened on that tragic day. Mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani is the prime subject of the book and the chapter descibes the things Rudy did immediatly after the attacks.
 * I predict that the chapter will be about 9/11 when the World Trade Center was hit by hijacked airplanes.**

Chapter 2: A Day of Dysfunction
This chapter reflected on how New York and the United States were affected the day of, and the days following the attacks on the World Trade Center and also talks about what the firefighters did on that day as well and how they risked their lives to save many people.
 * I predict that this chapter will be about the aftermath of 9/11 and people's reactions to it all.**

Chapter 3: 1993 - Forgotten Terror
This chapter discribed the events of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. The bombing was perhaps a forshadowing of the events that would occur eight and half years later.
 * I predict this chapter will be about the time when the World Trade Center was set on fire by other terrorists in 1993.**

Chapter 4: A Trade Center Besieged
This chapter was about airport security and how the government made laws to avoid planes being hijacked at the airports. The chapter also explains about the money they spent on security and contracts among many other things. But most noticebly, the threats the govenment recieved from terrorists talking about how the World Trade Center would still be a target for them and that they still plan on attacking it. They said this pretty straight forward and the government really should've reacted more than the actually did.
 * I predict that this chapter will be about the World Trade Center being investigated by officers and military personal because besiege means "to be surrounded by with armed forces".**

Chapter 5: Water Main Wars
This chapter was about operations that could improve the World Trade Center such as the elevators, communication with the fire department, building and fire codes, among other things. The chapters also includes political issues about the 1993 incident and other background information.
 * I can't really say what will happen next. The title of the chapter is confusing and could mean a number of things so I'm just not sure.**

Chapter 6: Rudy's Bunker
This chapter was about Rudy's bunker. Rudy's bunker was a command center he ran when he was in office and costed millions of dollars and four years to build. Rudy's bunker was located in the 7WTC building that also destroyed during the 9/11 attacks.
 * I don't know what a bunker is, so I'm really unsure of what's going to happen in the next chapter.**

Chapter 7: The Sound of Silence
This chapter was about the debate on the communication problems that went on while the twin towers were being destroyed. It is said that the poor quality walkie talkies and radios along with issues with the signals costed the lives of many fire fighters when communication was most needed.
 * I predict that this chapter will be about what happened after the towers fell and how shocked people were at this event.**

Chapter 8: Ground Zero
This chapter was about the fire fighters pulling people out of the rubble at Ground Zero and the effects it had on the nation. People gave blood, sang patriotic songs, played tribute concerts, donated money to repair damages to the city, anything that would help out with the affects of 9/11.
 * I predict this chapter will be about the months to follow after 9/11 and how people still look at what used to be the World Trade Center.**

Chapter 9: The Air
This chapter was about trying to get Wall Street up and running again and getting people back to work. Another thing was the pollution of the smoke and rubble that came from the collapse of the World Trade Center that was hazardous to the health of the citizens living nearby where the towers collapsed.
 * I predict that this chapter will be about the people on the planes that hit the towers, the pentagon and the one that crashed in Pennsylvania during 9/11.**

Chapter 10: Giuliani Partners
This chapter was about Giuliani's Partners, a management consulting firm he opened up with people he worked with when he was in office as mayor. It descibed how his company started and worked with other comanies among other things. Rudy Giuliani actually tried to be re-elected as mayor of New York City, but was unseccessful.
 * I predict this chapter will be about the people that worked with Giuliani during the time he was in office as mayor.**

Chapter 11: 9/11 On Tour
This chapter was about Rudy Giuliani giving speeches across the United States about September 11, his time in office, political issues, and other important topics. People cheered him on and were very excited to hear him speak when he came to their cities.
 * I predict this chapter will be about Rudy giving speeches about 9/11 to many different cities.**

Chapter 12: A Second Look Back
This chapter was about Rudy Giuliani looking back on his tales of not the memories of 9/11 itself, but the countless times he has told it to millions of Americans across the nation and how he, as mayor of New York City, dealt with the situations at hand and recover from what had permanatly damaged American society.
 * I predict this chapter will reflect back on everything presented in the previous chapters.**

=﻿Muckraking Theme Connection=

Muckraking is to expose the truth on a topic or issue. The others of this book expossed Rudy Giuliani for what he had actually done as the mayor of New York City. He was expossed in the book for not having anything done about terrorism before 9/11 and saying that he was doing something about it when he was in fact ignoring it and feeling as if it wasn't a threat at all until it was too late.