Little Brother Post-Reading

                "My subconscious kept visiting me with ghosts in the hopes that I would do something to let them rest in peace." In Little Brother means that all Marcus or M1k3y does is just because of his past problems. He started the Xnet to stop the Homeland Security from spying on him and others like him, because he was captured. Marcus changed his screen name because the Homeland Security might find him, because Benson which is his vice principal found out. He was scared when Ange knew he was M1k3y. He almost crossed the border and went into hiding, to get away from Homeland Security.

                Marcus found out about the bug when he was doing a repair for his charger and figured the bug was from Homeland Security. He then picked out his Xbox Universal and put in a ParanoidXbox disc. He then gave out ParanoidXbox discs to people who then gave out ParanoidXbox discs

                Marcus changed his screen name from W1n5t0n to M1k3y, because his vice principal, Benson, figured out that he was W1n5t0n, who gave out cheat sheets on a big test. He was even more afraid when Ange figured out that he was M1k3y because if she found out, anyone could.

                Marcus tried to cross the border with someone, but he jumped out and padlocked the escape truck on his acquaintance’s fingers and ran to his friend, Zeb. Zeb and Marcus went undercover for one night before he was captured again.

                Marcus wanted to get back at Homeland Security for kidnapping Darryl. He told Darryl’s father, his father, his mother, and a reporter. Because of this Homeland Security was overrun by the California National Guard.

                Marcus did all of the events in novel because of his past demons. Like make an entire protected internet, or make a new username.

Human Nature Essay

“There can be no high civility without deep morality” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson. Why then was the Red Baron, who was considered crazy and murderous on the British side, civilized normally? It’s because every villain has their own perspective. Many people have different moral standpoints like saving others before yourself, while someone else might have to hesitate, or not even do it. Humans are naturally moral or good.

Hero- "A hero is someone who has given his or her self to something bigger than oneself" -Joseph Campbell. Heroes put others before themselves, like Bender in the Futurama episode “Jurassic Bark” jumped into a pit of magma leading to the center of the Earth to save Seymore, his friend’s dog. Or Batman in the comic series called “Robin Rises” jumps into a suit that hurts him the more he uses it, but makes him stronger, and goes into a BoomTube that sends him to Apocalypse, a place which no mortal has ever came out of, and destroys an army, and punches the leader, Darkseid, and takes back his son, Damian Wayne, aka Robin, and makes it out and jabs a crystal into Damian and he comes back to life. “You stay, I go.... Superman…” ~the Iron Giant

“Enemies are just friends I haven’t made yet!” ~Wander. Villains can be looked at as heroes, like Darth Vader for example. In Revenge of the Sith, Anakin becomes a sith, but not because he showed hate in an outrageous way, but more of in a relatable way. In fact, he joined the sith to stop the killing and dying, “I won't lose you the way I lost my mother. I am becoming more powerful than any Jedi has ever dreamed of, and I'm doing it for you. To protect you.” ~Anakin to Pad’me. Or the Axe Thrower in Fire Emblem for the Gameboy Advanced. In the game there is a mission to protect a woman. She tells you that her husband is out getting money and the mission starts. Halfway through it you see an Axe Thrower and he breaks in, you are forced to move your character to him and talk. He tells you that he needs to do this job for his wife. Your character realizes it is the woman you’re protecting’s husband and he joins your team to get back at his leader who lied to him. Or Elie in Night, he does kill his father, kind of, but to save himself, there wasn’t much he could do, so he saved himself, instead of letting himself die too. Or Rick in the season 2 premiere of Rick and Morty titled “A Rickle In Time”, the universe splits due to uncertainty, Morty’s sister makes it out, but Morty and Rick can’t because Morty’s collar is broken, and he falls through a void and Rick, ( who is an antihero, he is one of the protagonists, but he always does something really bad i.e. enslave two races, one to power his car, and the other to make one weapon for him),  jumps in after Morty, gives Morty his collar and is stuck in the void, “I’m okay with this, be good Morty, be better than me”.  ~Rick to God in his last plea for life. “A moral system valid for all is basically immoral.” ~Nietzsche

Trustworthy-”Worthy of trust or confidence in”. Trusting is one thing humans do immediately when not being watched or judged. For example in Brain Games they had an experiment where they had four pairs and told them if they both chose split they get to split it equally, if they both chose steal they get nothing, and if one steals and the other splits, the one who steals gets all the money. Seven out of the eight people chose to split the money. There is a chemical in the body that gets released when you get rewarded, like a well placed trust, this chemical is called dopamine. This is why there are addictions. Without this humans wouldn’t be rewarded with excitement or surprises,  we would be neutral, leaning towards evil. Probably even in a moral crisis. “Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.” ~Mark Twain

People are naturally good because of rewards, bravery, and different viewpoints on morals. Without these things morals would no longer exist. “There can be no high civility without deep morality” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Pre-Reading Little Brother

     A famous terrorist would be the Joker from Batman, or Osama Bin Laden, two radically different looking people, one being fictional and the other was real. There are different types and looks of terrorists, but very few are instantly thought of when thinking of terrorists.

     The Mid-Eastern terrorists are commonly thought of as terrorists. Mainly thought of as a Muslim male, female, or child. Usually carrying an AK-47, a RPG, or a form of suicide bombing. They are thought of for doing it for their God, Allah. This is just one of the terrorists thought of.

     The American terrorists are thought of as getting people to mass suicide for their belief or helping a Muslim terrorist. They look like an other law biding citizens, but they are thought of conspiring against the government or going to a gathering and mass suiciding.

     The Super-villain type of terrorists are in fiction. The most ingrained in pop culture and after 70+ years and people still know Darth Vader and Lex Luthor and what they did. These are the Jack the Rippers and the the Dark Knight premiere shooters of fiction. These would look like a dark figure, probably mysterious, and most of the time has a power (i.e. PAKs, The Dark Side of the Force, or an alliance), usually has a power and always is intimidating.

     There are different types of general terrorists, because of pop culture a terrorist can be anything from the Boston Bomber to the Green Goblin. I can say that Ganondorf, a villain that takes over lands and turns a kingdom into a desolate wasteland, is the Hitler of that universe, he enjoys causing terror and even his own kind wants to kill him.

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