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House Of Cards

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The netflix original House of Cards, depicts a congressman by the name of Francis Underwood. Throughout the show, Frank is doing everything in his power to rise to power. He is a corrupt congressman and goes as far as murder to get what he wants. I will go through how Frank rose to power and I will show each step in a model of a house of cards. In order to build a house of cards you need: a deck of cards, glue, and a surface that you can adhere the cards to. In my case I will use a piece of cardboard to glue the cards on. The first step is to build the base, you do this by leaning two cards against each other forming a triangle. You do this over and over until you have a solid base, mine will be four triangles in length. The next step is to put a card flat …show more content…

House of Cards shows politics the way that most of the outside world views it, as corrupt. This show features corruption all over the place, as Frank Underwood fights his way into the presidency. Frank starts off as a congressman, who helps out another congressman named Russo, cover up a drunk driving scandal with a prostitute named Rachel. Franks go to man for fixing problems Doug, cleans up the scandal and helps Russo to shape up. Frank then begins a relationship with Zoe, a reporter, whom he uses to get information out there against his opponents. One of his first steps towards power was sending a story to Zoe about the presidents first choice for secretary of state, being anti-Israeli. Frank gains praise from the president when he passes an education reform bill against union opposition. Then Frank convinces Russo that he should run for the Governor of Pennsylvania. This raises doubt from the current vice president Matthews. Frank then stabs Russo in the back, Frank has Rachel get him to relapse back to alcohol. This happens right before one of Russo’s high profile interviews, which he tanks. Frank convinces Matthews that he needs to run for Governor of Pennsylvania.

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