Analysis Of The Article 'Attorney Swipes At Gates Credibility'

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The article "Attorney Swipes at Gates' Credibility" reports on a court hearing where government attorney David Boies questioned the credibility of Bill Gates, he is a co-founder of Microsoft, during the antitrust case. Boies presented evidence, saying Gates' past experiences and actions, to argue that Gates personally abuses the use of Microsoft's operating system monopoly to crush Netscape Communications Corp. The attorney also wants to destroy Gates' credibility. The hearing took place on the opening day of the historic antitrust case against Microsoft. The reaction to this event was mixed, with some people supporting the attorney's actions and others feeling that the attorney went too far in attacking Gates' credibility. The consequences of this event are not yet known, but it

In both the article and the novel, power and control are major issues that shape the narrative. In To Kill A Mockingbird, the white majority thought they had control over the black people. The character of Atticus Finch represents a similar struggle for justice and fairness, just as the government attorney David Boies in the Microsoft case wanted to destroy Bill Gates credibility by presenting evidence of his wrongdoing. Atticus Finch, similarly, fights against the racist people to defend Tom Robinson, an innocent black man accused of rape. As Atticus says it, "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience" (Lee, 1960, p. 105), Ultimately, both the novel and the article present a clash between those who seek to maintain their power and those who seek to promote justice and fairness. (Lee, H. (1960). To kill a mockingbird. J. B. Lippincott &