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  1. Nov 2020
    1. She initially turned down the offer he made her (of $125 a week), but booked herself onto the same New York-bound liner as he. During the trip, she impressed him enough to secure a $500 a week contract.

      This can be viewed as the argument and counterargument as she was seeking higher pay for her work.

    2. As a child, Kiesler showed an interest in acting and was fascinated by theatre and film. At the age of 12, she won a beauty contest in Vienna.[17] She also began to associate invention with her father, who would take her out on walks, explaining how various technologies in society functioned

      This BACKGROUND helps us understand where she came from as it all started from her early childhood.

    3. At the beginning of World War II, Lamarr and composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes

      This can help with the PLOT of her life, by showing one of the events that took place mixed with one of her many accomplishments.

    4. "world's most beautiful woman".

      As labeling her this, this is how she was being INTRODUCED in Hollywood and in turn it helped promote her in the film industry.

  2. Oct 2020
    1. I feelthatyouaremenofgenuinegoodwillandyourcriticismsaresincerely setforth

      The author addresses his audience respectfully as maybe to pull them into his letter and make a deeper connection with them by doing so.