Little Brother

At the beginning of the year we discussed how literature is something that makes you question your beliefs. This book does just that. It uses literature to make us question our beliefs on things like privacy and politics. It allows us to get deep in though of what really is freedom? We all of different definitions of freedom. In the book Marcus shows how dedicated he is to living a free life. Most of us think he is doing a great thing and then he brings up a good point... they have become the terrorists themselves. We are again forced to question how far is too far and how far is far enough. Marcus is trying, but maybe he has gone to far. However, in the end, if he does succeed, things COULD be better. I've never really been forced to think about all the concepts the book has gotten me to think about and that is what makes the book so good. In class we talked about China and how much better we have it, but at the same time we our rights are still limited. I didn't know that the governemnt had the rights to do a lot of things they do have the right to do. I didn't know it was so easy for them to invade our privacy like that. I don't think it's fair, then again we come to that point of if it is for our safety then why shouldn't they be able to do that? At one point the government goes to far, but as citizens we tend to cross the line as well.