The Accidental Billionaires(50-99)

Summary
Once Facemash is completed, Mark sends it to some of friends so that they could tell him what they thought about it. However, as these things usually turn out, the site gets sent around all of Harvard. Everyone hears about, and some girls that were are on it get very upset. The scandal manages to get a story in the Crimson which is a school newspaper, and that is where the Winkelvoss brothers have their bright idea. They will ask Mark to be the programmer of their for the Harvard Connection. In the beginning when they first approach Mark about the concept, Mark is very excited and takes on their offer. However, as time goes by Mark begins to form a whole different concept then theirs and begins working on his own website called the Facebook. Instead of a website for "hooking up" like the Winklevoss twins had an idea for, it would be a website to socialize and see what your friends were up to. Mark does not tell the twins what is going on, and just stops working on their project completely, so that he can focus on his.

Quote
"Mark sat there enveloped in silence, lost in his own reflection as it danced across the screen" (Mezrich 99).

Reaction
The imagery that Mezrich utilizes to develop these characters is very fascinating. While I was reading, I could actually envision Mark Zuckerberg glued to his computer seat, staring at the computer in some sort of trance. I can imagine his reflection dancing across the screen like the quote says, which is also an example of personification. His imagery also takes the somewhat flat charecters and gives them life and depth. For example, in the beginning Zuckerberg was only one dimensional, but now as he is working on something that he truly enjoys, you can see how much of a hardworking, caring person that he is. I also enjoy that way that Mezrich lays out the storyline. Instead of just spitting everything out, he strategically uses dates, and ends most chapters with a cliffhanger making a reader want to turn the page and find out what happened.