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Blog 7

In Dan Brown’s book, Digital Fortress, Susan Fletcher is very similar to Brown’s most famous character, Robert Langdon. Robert is a professor at Harvard and teaches ancient symbolism. Susan is the head cryptographer at the NSA(National Security Agency). This is an obvious connection that the two have with each other because they both deal with symbols and codes on a near daily basis. Underneath that however, both Robert and Susan have similar personalities. They are both the “top dog” in their respective fields. Both of them are called upon to do extraordinary tasks that their job doesn’t normally involve. Robert is called to the Vatican to help stop a terrorist attack on Vatican City despite the fact he is agnostic. Susan is forced to fight for her life inside her own work place while trying to stop a virus from infecting the National databank which contains every single piece of classified information the Federal government has ever possessed. They are both put into extreme situations which they are forced to overcome or else there will be heavy consequences. While all of this is occurring they are both plagued with internal conflicts. Susan is thinking about her fiancé and the trip they were supposed to take and Robert is dealing with his own beliefs; he is unsure whether or not God exists.