Tom Cruse's Role In Scientology

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“As one friend put it, 'The guy's a freak and she ran for the hills'” (Morton 263), shows Tom Cruse to be controlling and authoritarian, and yet controlled by powerful Scientologists, while feeling remorse for Sofia. The author shows no sympathy for Tom, attacking him for trying to manipulate Sofia, but with no quotations, or information on Tom's side of the situation, it's unknown if Tom was manipulated by the Scientologist.
The topic of Scientology, and how Tom treats Sofia are a reoccurring theme that the author focus on. Scientology played a huge role in Tom's life, for this reason, the author chooses to focus on the idea when talking about Tom Cruise. In addition, Sofia's Catholic faith and Tom's belief are one of the main reasons why …show more content…

All of the quotation that the author use are from Sofia's friend, giving out only one side of the story. There are no quotations of anyone who are friends with Tom Cruise or anyone defending Tom's side, thus questioning the author's motivation of writing the biography.sult of Sofia being popular in the Hispanic community, they see her as an opportunity for recruitment in Latin America. Morton has been repeating the topic of Scientology, possibly to show the reader how important Tom feels about Scientology, but on the other hand, shows the reader how Tom and the Scientologist aggressive game being played, to have Sofia join the religion …show more content…

To be fair, I was looking for information on Katie Holmes agreeing with Tom that she and her children will have to turn only to Scientology treatment when dealing with mental or terminal illness, however, I find this excerpt about Sofia and Scientology to be more interesting. “Unlike her daughter, this devout Catholic was not given an armful of literature as she left. All conversion efforts were focused on Sofia-they had been since she first met Cruise” (Morton 261). I found this quote to be the most shocking, and another reason why I choose this excerpt, because it shows the Scientologist's desperate attempt at trying to get Sofia to join. I also found it interesting that this text seems to focus more on Sofia's view of the relationship, in a biography about Tom

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