Advanced English Unit One: Section A

Tasks for This Class Tasks for This Class   Get the background information  Have a analysis of the organization

“Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts...A graphical representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the non-space of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding…” --William Gibson, Neuromancer

Hacker Old School Hackers Old School Hackers Script Kiddies, or Cyber-Punks Script Kiddies, or Cyber-Punks Professional Criminals, or Crackers Professional Criminals, or Crackers Coders and Virus Writers Coders and Virus Writers IP Spoofing occurs when an attacker disguises his/her originating host server or router as that of another host or router occurs when an attacker disguises his/her originating host server or router as that of another host or router.

Understanding the Organization an account or a recital of an event or a an account or a recital of an event or a series of events, either true or fictitious. n consciously made n definite formal development n a firmness in construction n unity in plot, theme, character, tone, mood, even, occasionally, in style Story

get closer to story n point of view n character n plot n structure

Point of view n the voice and vision through which the events of a story reach the reader n Two main kinds narrator as a participant (writing in the first person) narrator as a participant (writing in the first person) narrator as a nonparticipant (writing in the third person) narrator as a nonparticipant (writing in the third person)

Characters n Protagonist the chief character who strives in a story the chief character who strives in a story n Antagonist the character who is directly opposed to the protagonist the character who is directly opposed to the protagonist

vs. Tsutomu ShimomuraKevin Mitnick Characters

Plot n an order of events in a story, the emphasis falling on causality Time Time Place Place Character Character Background Background Conflict Conflict Crisis Crisis Resolution Resolution

Conflict n The struggle which grows out of the interplay of the two opposing forces in a plot.  Essential patterns of conflict  character against character  character against character  character against society  character against society  character vs. some material force  character vs. some material force  character vs. some supernatural entity  character vs. some supernatural entity

Crisis and Denouement n Crisis is the point at which the opposing forces that create the conflict interlock in the decisive action on which the plot will turn. n Denouement is the final unraveling of the plot.

Structure n While plot tends to move the reader along, structure tends to delay the movement so as to make him pause to reflect.

Understanding the story How do you deal with the text?

The first section conflict main characters background information man versus man the narrator and the hacker a. someone broke into the narrator’s computers. c someone was challenging the narrator. d. the narrator was going to take action. b. The log file summaries were stolen

The second section Measures I took --- put digitized phone messages on the Internet as a bait --- keep in touch with FBI --- set up monitoring system Compare and Contrast ---- in common a fascination with computers ---- in discrepancy write technical programs for company sentenced to prison

The third section How did the man get caught ---- monitor from NETCOM ---- found he was logging on ---- reported to FBI The fourth section The result of the duel My first face-to-face meeting with my opponent

Review the Internet Security Issue

Read the articles “the Online World” and “the Hacking”. Online Reading