To start off surveillance is the monitoring of behavior, actives or other changing information. In little brother the DHS is always shriveling Marcus and everyone else that lives in San Francisco. That’s like going to work and always having someone looking over your shoulder all day long then following you home to do the same thing. That would be so annoying.
Ownership is just what it sounds like. It is to have the right or possession over an object. In the book little brother Marcus has the right to his freedom and his privacy but the DHS will not allow him to have that. It’s like on face book if you upload a photo of yourself it no longer belongs to you and face book can use that photo for whatever they want if they so wish. Even thought that picture belonged to you they can take it.
When you think about it ownership and surveillance are related closely to each other. If you own something you want to make sure that nothing bad happens to it. It’s like parents they raise us and throughout our whole lives they are watching over us and yes embarrassing us. The government is like the counties parents they are the people in charge of what happens. In the book little brother the DHS is trying to act like the parent but is more taking on the bigger brother role. They won’t listen to you, they try to own you and they beat you up because they feel like it. Just like how they treat the people of San Francisco, like at the concert, the tracking, the questioning and the torture they put innocent people through.
Ownership and surveillance can be something very simple or complicated depending on the situation. It can range from the ownership of an iPod to the ownership of a house. You want to make sure nothing happens to it so you survey it but a lot of people take it over board just like the DHS in little brother.
This was really great! I liked how you supported all of your main points with examples that almost everyone could relate to, like Facebook and parenting. I also love the voice you have in your writing, it flows really well and I like the humour you added. The way you defined things first and then gave specific examples from the book was also really great. Overall I really enjoyed your post, the only thing I'd recommend is reading the whole thing through for grammar issues, otherwise great job!
ReplyDeletei like how you relate everything u say back to a real life example. and i like how you use humor. it makes the post more interesting. i dont like how in-formal it was. but overall good work
ReplyDeleteI like how everything in your post relates to the realy world and little brother. Everything you say is justified with evidence and a spcific example. I think you could improve your editing. Good post!
ReplyDelete