The answer is personification
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Broadcast News is a 1987 American romantic comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by James L. Brooks.
The author described the main character's countrymen as scornful and sometimes doubtful but at the end of the story, the author seems to be pleased with his countrymen.
Answer:
-cratic means "a type of government". So, we know that "autocratic" is a type of government.
We also know that "auto" means "self". If you put "auto" and "cratic" together, you get a "self type of government".
So, in the reading, we can say that "autocratic" is a rule where only one person carries all the power in the government, like a dictatorship. We can also tell that an autocracy is a negative thing, as people are afraid of the government and there is political unrest.
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