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Little Brother, cory doctorow

Done by: Chua Wei Yang Delsario Dany Kang. Little Brother, cory doctorow.

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Little Brother, cory doctorow

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  1. Done by: Chua Wei Yang Delsario Dany Kang Little Brother, corydoctorow

  2. Marcus and three of his friends played truant and skipped school to play a game called Harajuku Fun Madness where they need to use the clues to find the hidden prizes. But they found themselves near a terrorist bombing of the San Francisco Bay Bridge while searching for the hidden prizes. Darryl also got stabbed in the crowd while they escaped the massing crowd headed for a fallout shelter. The four friends were later arrested by the DHS where they were interrogated under harsh conditions. Marcus, Van and Jolu were released by the DHS after five days of interrogation but Darryl was not and still retained by the DHS. This motivated Marcus to fight back against the DHS to save his best friend and also stop the DHS for their actions. Marcus also met with many obstacles while fighting back against the DHS but he overcame it with the help of his friends. Plot summary

  3. Marcus Yallow - Main protagonist, a 17-year old high school student who enjoys understanding technology and building his own custom technology devices to hack into the school’s system and also play games. He is the leader of his foursome of friends. • Darryl Glover - Marcus' best friend who attends the same high school as Marcus. He has had a crush on Van for years. • Vanessa Pak (Van) - 17 year old North Korean girl who attends a nearby all girls' Catholic School, she is the "ideas" person of the group. She has had a thing for Marcus for a long time, but doesn't admit it until the end of the book. • Jose Luis Torrez (Jolu) - A brilliant high school student at a nearby Catholic school, he is the technical member of the group. Even though everyone in the group is very tech savvy, he is the most technology-oriented, doing his own programming, and working for a local ISP. He is somewhat vain and seems to work at being cool. cahracters

  4. Themes Characters Settings American Culture Themes

  5. Driving point: Technology Conflicting point: Rights, privacy, human. Technology vs. Rights climax Thinking process  Technology boon or bane? “This is why I love technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy. Themes- technology a threat?

  6. Important aspect of America • System Seem so strong, yet so fragile • A light push to the system and it falls with an almighty bang • Rights: privacy, freedom, liberty (Bills of Rights) • It can be restored, even by a high school kid. • "I can't go underground for a year, ten years, my whole life, waiting for freedom to be handed to me. Freedom is something you have to take for yourself.” – Marcus Yallow, Little Brother Themes- Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

  7. Inter-related "It's our goddamed city! It's our goddamed country. No terrorist can take it from us for so long as we're free. Once we're not free, the terrorists win! Take it back! You're young enough and stupid enough not to know that you can't possibly win, so you're the only ones who can lead us to victory! Take it back!” -Trudy Doo, Little Brother Tone, purpose, and message Themes- Tech and Rights

  8. Four main characters: Marcus, Darryl, Van, Jolu Best and close friends Conflicts and unity Saving one friend and losing another “I’ve been getting him into and out of trouble the whole time.” – Marcus Yallow, Little Brother Themes- Brotherhood

  9. Protagonist: Tech genius, freedom fighter, friends Antagonist: Manipulates technology, destroys freedom, corporation Man vs. Man Man vs. Circumstances (technological misusage) Character

  10. Futuristic setting Impression: High-tech society Leaves a good impression in the readers’ mind Sets up a good base or structure for the theme of technological utility. Vivid descriptions of the torture scene leave thoughts on liberty and our rights. settings

  11. High intelligence services in the states Novel revolves around the conflict btw Marcus and the DHS Marcus uses technology to defeat DHS DHS manipulates technology that threatens the Bill of Rights. American culture- intelligence services

  12. Strong personality of the high school kids Rebellious, courageous, tech savvy American culture- personality

  13. The novel ends with Marcus' life going back to "normal" and the DHS's losing power even though no one from the DHS is actually punished despite video proof of DHS personnel torturing him. Marcus seems to be happy with his life and relationships with both his girlfriend and parents. However, he dedicates a lot of his time to campaigning against the established political party that let this happen to U.S. citizens on U.S. soil. Unity is strength, Marcus and his friends managed to overcome many barriers and defeated DHS. Brotherhood is important. conclusion

  14. “When they think of someone being caught and sent to a secret prison, it’s someone else-someone brown, someone young, someone foreign.” This statement shows that the white Americans are the best, anyone being caught and sent to a secret prison, can be anyone but a white American. “Skipping school isn't a crime. It's an infraction. They're totally different.” This statement shows that Americans do not care much about high school, skipping school often and thinking it is not that bad. “To be the object of suspicion all the time!” This statement shows that the children in America not really trusted. quotes

  15. “A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion-as necessary and dangerous as file sharing, free speech, and bottled water on a plane.” - SCOTT WESTERFIELD, author of Uglies, Pretties, and Specials  “It made me want to be thirteen again, right now and reading it for the first time.” - NEIL GAIMAN, author of Sandman and American Gods  “A tale of struggle familiar to any teenager, about those moments whan you choose what life is going to mean.”- STEVEN GOULD, author of Jumper. “A worthy younger sibling to Orwell’s Nineteen eighty-four, Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother is lively, precious, and, most important, a little scary.”- BRYAN K. VAUGHAN, author of the graphic novel Y: The Last Man critics

  16. “Scarily realistic… Action-packed with tales of courage, technology, and demonstrations of digital disobedience as the technophile’s civil protest.”- ANDREW “BUNNIE” HUANG, author of Hacking The Xbox “The right book at the right time from the right author-and, not entirely coincidentally, Cory Doctorow’s best novel yet.”- JOHN SCALZI, author of Old Man’s War “Little Brother is a brilliant novel with a bold argument: Hackers and gamers might just be our country’s best hope for the future.”- JANE McGONIGAL, designer of the alternate-reality game I Love Bees “Read this book. You’ll learn a great deal about computer security, surveillance and how to encounter it, and the risk oftrading off freedom for ‘security’. And you’ll have fun doing it.”- TIM O’REILLY, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media critics

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