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Aftab Dhaliwal January 4, 2016 English 11: Mrs.Monahan Little Brother Approach Paper Little Brother by Cory Doctorow is the novel about Marcus, also known as W1n5t0n, and his group of four friends who skip school to play an internet based game that is a scavenger hunt. While the group of teens are looking for the next clue, a terrible terrorist attack occurs at the Bay Bridge in the exact same city causing a magnificent amount of terror, which leads to people running around trying to get back home. In this chaos Darryl, Marcus’s best friend is stabbed and all four of the friends are kidnapped by the department of homeland security (DHS) due to suspicion of connections to the terrorist attacks. After multiple days of psychological torture and …show more content…

This passage is very important to comprehending this novel because Marcus is in a consistent fight with the DHS and when he states “freedom is something you have to take for yourself.” this shows the fight in Marcus to get what is his because the DHS is trying to take his freedom away from him and make him say and do what they want him too. Another theme is standing up for your rights and not allowing what should be handed to you be taken away from you. For example, the passage states, “ I can’t...waiting for freedom to be handed.” at this point of the novel the DHS was not giving Marcus the rights that he is deserving of and what Marcus does is he argues to gain the rights he deserves and takes them back. The DHS is a government based job showing how hard and committed to taking your freedom back one must be, because they are arguably the most powerful organizations. Finally, Marcus uses his strong mind and willingness to be free and gains all his human rights

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