Little Brother Look around your community and/or your school– create a list of the ways in which we as a society keep tabs on the individual citizens. Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/25/2021 12:39 AM
Little Brother How do you define “security”? What do you believe makes us secure? Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/25/2021 12:35 AM
Little Brother Where do you see security devices used in our community? Do they actually help Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/25/2021 12:32 AM
Little Brother Define “utopia” and “dystopia” and then consider how much our current way of life in BC is both utopian and dystopian. Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/25/2021 12:30 AM
Little Brother Explore the theme of power as it relates to our lives – who has power in our society and how do they use it? Is power a positive or negative force in society? Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/25/2021 12:17 AM
Little Brother A motif of beauty versus ugliness runs through the novel. Keep track of as many references to this as you find. Think about why the author includes this motif as you do so. Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/25/2021 12:16 AM
Little Brother The novel Little Brother plays A LOT on the ideas found in the novel 1984, of which you read an excerpt. Keep track of any references to that novel which you discover in Little Brother. Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/25/2021 12:12 AM
Little Brother Create a list of characters as we are introduced to them. How does each fit into the story? Make a note of who has power over whom. Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/25/2021 12:06 AM
Little Brother Doctorow uses a number of NEOLOGISMS – made up words that he uses that we are expected to just accept – how many can you find? Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/25/2021 12:04 AM
Little Brother Make a list of words you do not know – AND LOOK THEM UP so you learn what they mean. If you are reading the pdf version, you should be able to select the word, then right-click for a definition. Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/25/2021 12:00 AM
Little Brother Technical terms – this novel is FILLED with computer-speak, geek-talk and online meme terms – for example, the use of w1n5t0n for Winston is a standard computer method of writing a name using both numbers and letters. Create a list of the other technical Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/24/2021 11:58 PM
The Hiding Place The 100 year birthday party. Answers: 1 Asked by Tom E #1164961 Last updated by Aslan on 7/24/2021 11:57 PM
Mississippi Trial, 1955 What did Uncle Nose testify that the men said to him the night they come to his home? Answers: 1 Asked by xaviera l #1163695 Last updated by Aslan on 7/24/2021 10:32 PM
Little Brother Doctorow uses a “near future” – a vision of tomorrow that is just around the corner. In this chapter we are introduced to a number of things that could be reality in a few years. Identify a few of them and write a short response as to what you make of th Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/24/2021 10:31 PM
Little Brother “Once people figured out that these “free” laptops worked for the man—and showed a never-ending parade of obnoxious ads to boot—they suddenly started to feel very heavy and burdensome,” What is the metaphor created in this passage? Consider the two things Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/24/2021 10:26 PM
Little Brother Chapter one includes a number of ways in which Marcus and his friends circumvent a variety of security systems put in place by the school; list each of the security measures and provide a short explanation of how they get around them. Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/24/2021 10:23 PM
Little Brother What does Marcus wrapping the Physics textbook in paper towels before nuking the arphid suggest about his character? Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/24/2021 10:22 PM
Little Brother This chapter notes that it’s really easy to fake the return number on a caller ID? Doctorow even suggests the reader “google ‘spoof caller id.’” Well ... did you google it? Why would Doctorow suggest we do this? How does his call to action pull the reader Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/24/2021 10:21 PM
Little Brother Since the novel is set in near-future San Francisco, it would benefit you to actually know WHERE it is located in the USA and some of the basic information about the city – GO FORTH AND RESEARCH. Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/24/2021 10:20 PM
Little Brother This chapter includes the description of the “middle-aged lady in a hippie dress” who is trampled to death in the crowd rushing from the attack. Consider for a second how she is a symbol of more than just a single woman being trampled; she is wearing a HI Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/24/2021 10:19 PM
Little Brother Marcus says to his captors, “I’ve got the right to my privacy.” He may think he does, and we may think we do ... now look up Bill C30 and see how our own government is working to control privacy. Do the research and make up your own mind about who has the Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/24/2021 10:18 PM
Little Brother • Marcus laments to himself, “God help me, I submitted to her will” after giving up his password to “severe hair cut woman.” There is something interesting in this passage that shows the reader just how dearly Marcus holds the security of his password .. Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/24/2021 8:22 PM
Little Brother • Marcus thinks to himself: “I’d never really believed in terrorists before—I mean, I knew that in the abstract there were terrorists somewhere in the world, but they didn’t really represent any risk to me” (p. 41). He later muses: “I didn’t know what a Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/24/2021 8:19 PM
Little Brother “There’s something really liberating about having some corner of your life that’s yours, that no one gets to see except you,” notes Marcus, and then, “It’s not about doing something shameful. It’s about doing something private. It’s about your life belon Answers: 1 Asked by Connor M #1164889 Last updated by Aslan on 7/24/2021 8:17 PM