So far, I really like Little Brother, it's a really interesting book that is completely different than anything I've ever read before. The layout is like a narrative but it's like you're actually in Marcus's head and you can see what he's thinking and everything in his own words. I don't really understand the plot yet but I think I'll get it later in the book once they explain what's going on with the terrorist attack and why Marcus has to stay with the Department of Homeland Security people. A quote that I thought was interesting was this, "A flicker of annoyance passed over her face, then went away. "So melodramatic, Marcus. No one's attacked you. You've been detained by your country's government while we seek details on the worst terrorist
attack ever perpetrated on our nation's soil. You have it within your power
to help us fight this war on our nation's enemies. You want to preserve the
Bill of Rights? Help us stop bad people from blowing up your city" (62).

I thought this was really interesting because this lady is saying that nobody has attacked Marcus even though they are being forcefully detained by the Department of Homeland Security, I don't really know what else you could call it besides an attack. They didn't do anything wrong, I guess the DHS people don't know that but they were just some kids standing in the road after the attack, why did they pick them to bring in? Marcus flagged them down because Darryl got stabbed, I'm not positive but I'm pretty sure if they were the ones who had done the attack they wouldn't just be standing in the road waiting for someone to pick them up and arrest them.

This seems like a pretty extreme precaution to take by the DHS people, kidnapping some kids because they were just in a certain place at a certain time not doing anything wrong. That just strikes me as weird, I'm sure there were shadier people in the street at the time, like possibly the guy that stabbed Darryl? Who just walks around and stabs people? That's much more suspicious than just a few kids standing around, I just don't understand the reasoning behind the DHS people's thinking, I'm not too worried about Marcus and the gang though, they're smart, creative, not real people so there isn't a reason to worry at all, and the book would be boring if it ended with them just chilling in the prison the whole time. I'm excited to see what happens next!