Invasion Of Privacy In Little Brother By Cory Doctorow

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow shows how close our nation is to becoming a place where we are controlled, watched and manipulated by the government. Including that the book suggests that we can fight back against government control by protest and rebellion. Lastly bringing up that the U.S government uses terrorists attacks to manipulate the American people. We know that we have rights to do mostly anything we want such as having the right to an education, work, speech and etc. Nobody can take away our rights, including the right to our own privacy, at least we don't think so. The government is always watching even when we think they aren't. The government had increased the amount of security so more people can be checked and watches and it's just an invasion of privacy in innocent

throughout the book he is accused of terrorism and helping terrorists. He is then imprisoned, interrogated and tortured along with his friends Darryl, Van and Jolu. After a series of interrogations that take place over a period of six days, Marcus and his friends are released, except Darryl because his whereabouts are unknown. The DHS is watching him and Marcus is furious about how his rights are run ignored. He responds back by setting up a technological attack on the DHS to further efforts to restrict personal liberty. Later on Marcus receives word that Darryl is alive. Continuing, Marcus tells a reporter and his family about his actions taken against the DHS. The report from the reporter is then published and the DHS takes Marcus back into custody. While going through a waterboarding interrogation, patrol troopers raid the DHS compound and arrest the DHS agents. Darryl is then freed and Marcus returns to his life the way it was before the terrorist attacks. In the novel Little brother the citizens of San Francisco sacrifice their individual freedoms after a terrorist attack on Bay