Jane Eyre Project Ideas.

So, I was thinking about doing something with the dreams. I think I'm going to analyze one of Jane's dreams and talk about how it fits into the plot and story line of the book.

Little Brother, chapters 17&18

Marcus and Ange decide to run away with Masha. I think that at the current point in hte story, it is kind of a good idea. That is because with the story about the prison in the middle of the bay, and about Marcus being M1k3y, he is a dead man in the eyes of the police and, more specifically, the DHS. To Marcus, running away is the only way to stay out of prison and possibly alive. The only thing that makes him hesitant is that he doesn't want his parents to have to go through him not comming home again. That's a reasonable reason to not go because I would be worried to death if my child didn't come home, even if i knew what happened to him before.

Little Brother, chapters 15&16

M1k3y decided to hold a prss confrence inside the game "Clockwork Plunder" because h didn't wnat to give away his identity by holding one in person. I think that this is a really good idea. That way, Marcus can have Ange with him, and he can remain unknown to th police and espically the DHS. I think that during the press confrence, even though he may have said them before, he made some good points. I liked how he said that the government doesn't have his consent, and th a democracy is when the government works to the consent of the people. I found it interesting that he let other players answer some of the questions for him, but I also think that that was part of the reason he held it on Clockwork Plunder. The headlines and what the news reporters were saying the next day was bad. The reporter on Fox News said that the Xnetters could be called "Cal-Quaeda" because they do terrorists' work on the homefront. I completely disagree with that statement. They aren't terrorists. They are jamming the system to show how bad it is and to protest. If they were terrorists, then they would do something mor drastic. I think that since the kids are only confusing and conjesting the system and checkpoints, then its more dissent than terrorism.
I was happy to find out that Daryl was not dead. I think that Marcus was caught off guard with this news and decided to tell his parents everything that really happened to him after the bombing. That was a wise decision. Even though it could potentially get him into HUGE trouble, he was one step closer to getting the DHS out of San Francisco.

Little Brother, chapters 13&14

Marcus, as M1k3y, started to make blogs about everything the newspapers got wrong, starting with the concert. It was originally Ange's idea, because everyone was emailing M1k3y  about it. I think it was a good idea. If you want people to know the truth, you have to put it out there. No one who wasn't there will know the truth unless it is out there for someone to find. I also think that it was kind of a good thing that people who didn't have Xboxes or Xnet could get on it and read about what actually happened in the park that night. Another good and bad thing is that the news about the Xnet was all over the radio and news. It was good because people could access it and read about what actually happened, but it was bad because the DHS was all over how to track down who started it and the ring leader M1k3y. Seeing as Marcus was already being tracked by the DHS, the fact that he was M1k3y too didn't really help him stay out of trouble.

Marcus got suspended. I think it was kind of a good thing, because he got suspended trying to stand up for what he believed in. In social studies, the teacher was talking about how the concert in the park was a riot and how the people at the concert acted like terrorists because they didnt disprse when they wer instructed to and they created fear. I disagree, because the people were just trying to have a good time listening to music until the police showed up. Also, I agree with Marcus because he said that America was for dissent and that it was wrong to have to government controling what they chant about.

Little Brother, chapter 12

The DHS and SFPD are crazy. The illegal concert in the park was not a riot. It was a bunch of kids getting together to listen to music and protest a little bit. People who weren't there saw it as an attack on the police when they showed up. The papers said that the people at the concert attacked the police when they were asked to disperse. I object to that. I think it was wrong for the government to gass all thoes innocent people. The people in the park were there to listen to the music. There were children as young as 10 years old there, and the government shouldn't put innocent people, espically children, in danger by gassing a crowd and then arresting most of the people that were there.
There really wasn't anything bad going on at the concert. The only thing happening was a bunch of sweaty kids dancing to music in a park. Also, some chanting of "TAKE IT BACK!" and "Dont trust anyone over 25!" occured. But since there was no permit, the police decided that the crowd would be dangerous. I think that they should've at least given the people a warning before charging, gassing, and arresting them. The government basically just took away their First Amendment right to gather peacefully. It's not like anyone was getting hurt from the concert, so the police shouldn't have arrested anyone, or even gassed anyone. It was definately not a riot.

Little Brother, chapter 11

At the key signing party, Marcus met a lot of new people, including Ange. Ange is a friend of Jolu who was the first one to make a key, and the only one to go down to the shore to kill the laptop with Marcus. I think that if he hadn't met her, he wouldn't have heard about the concert "Dont trust anyone over 25."
Later in school, someone wrote the slogan on the board in Marcus's social studies class. This provokeed a discussion about the government and civil rights movements and such. Marcus brought up the point that the government should do what the people want it to do. He read something from the Declaration of Independence that stated that the people have the right to change or overthrow the government if they don't like what's happening. I totally agree with this statement. That is because the government is supposed to be "for the people, by the people" and it cant be if the people don't like what it's doing. The whole thing with the government tracking you and questioning people about where they were and why they were there is not right. I think it's good that the Xnetters are doing something so help stop it, even if it does slow things down. I think that they jam to confuse the DHS and to make it so people will protest the checkpoints more. If more people protest, then it is more likely that they get shut down and survelliance goes back to normal.

Little Brither, chapters 9&10

The Xnet had been infultrated by the DHS. I think that this is a bad thing for Marcus and all of the Xnetters. That is because the Xnet has things that the DHS shouldn't be seeing, like blogs about jamming the checkpoints all over the city. Because the DHS infultrated the Xnet, Marcus and Jolu decided to have a "key signing party." I think that was a good idea. When the people used their crypto keys, then no one could read what one person sent to the other person. This is safer in the sense that when people were sending messages about jamming and whatnot, then the DHS wouldn't be able to figure out what they are saying to eachother. I suppose this is good, but also semi-bad because then the DHS would believe that they have something to hide and they would track that person more and be even more suspicious of them.