Little Brother by Aidan Arbona part 1

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow is about a teen named Marcus. Marcus and his friends are hackers and computer wizzes but other than that they are just normal kids. Inevitably in a book some thing must go wrong. This book shows just how democracy really sees teens. This book shows this as none of the adults really take the teen characters seriously, as when they are in peril only a few people fight for their rights and even then it's only a few. This story also shows just how America trusts teens as they try to in prison them and suspect that they are all criminals. Innocent until proven guilty I think not.

In Little Brother adults take teens for granted. In Marcus' school he speaks about how the constitutional rights and his teacher doesn't take much notice of that. Marcus is also treated like a little kid in his school when he's suspended for talking bad about the government. Showing how adults in the story don't care for teen rights.

Also, Little Brother demonstrates how America thinks of its' teens. It doesn't love them in fact it is very suspicious of them. Marcus when he used his train pass to get around the city to give out hardware for their free x-boxes gets searched for no reason other than that. This isn't right as they most likely wouldn't have searched him if he was an adult. Also when there is a concert in a park for teens the government gasses them thinking that they're terrorists. This just shows how America treats its' next generations and how they suspect them of terrorism when they are only trying to enjoy themselves.

In conclusion this book, while taking a very radical look at the subject, shows how tees are suspected of being no good, junkies. Which is completely stereotypical and offensive to them.

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess. This quote (you  can find this quote and many like it on searchquotes.com" by Philip Randall suggests that everyone should have equal rights including teens and children. So please the next time you speak to a teen don't just brush them off, because everyone including teens can strike up a good conversation, and everyone has good ideas to share.