Blog 1

I think that books like Little Brother provide opportunities for us to question or feelings and beliefs on major issues that trouble our country and the rest of the world. This book causes me to debate internally my views on privacy and personal issues. I debate whether I think the government should be allowed to tap into our personal devices and computers to observe and help find dangerous criminals and terrorists. In little brother a situation occurs where Marcus, the main character, must reveal his password, which is almost sacred to him, to the government because they need it to determine if he was involved in a terrorist attack. This causes Marcus to strengthen his feelings that the government should not be able to view our private items. I disagree because I think that the government should do and be able to do anything they need to in an effort to find terrorists or prevent possible attacks. These books also give the opinions of the authors and expose us to potentially new ideas and new thoughts about different situations. For example, Little Brother proposed an idea that I had never really thought about. Little Brother exposed the idea that the government should not be allowed to go through anyone's phones, ipods, PDA's, internet, and computers even if they don't have permission from that person. Book like Little Brother also simulate or demonstrate different situations that are not far off. These types actions could occur in the near future and this is a potential reaction by the government. The government could choose to go through people's personal devices who could be suspicious because they need to catch the terrorists.