Little Brother Literary Analysis

The main theme of the novel Little Brother by Cory Doctorow is to keep trying never give-up and when thinks look bad work harder. The theme of this conflict is to keep calm and handle the situation in a thoughtful manor. The popups of this society vs society conflict is to help show the reader how put together Marcus is and how he handles situations. Marcus and his friends where trying to escape the cramped and hectic conditions of the subway after the bomb went off, on there way out Darl one of his friends where stabbed. They where trying to get someone to stop and help, the first car that stopped was a hummer men jumped out and kidnaped the teenagers: "I stumbled some, then a hand pushed my head down and I was inside the hummer. More bodies
The theme of this conflict is to be aware of your surroundings and not to make sporadic decisions. The popups of this person vs self conflict is to give the reader a look in Marcius head and show his thought proses and worries. Marcus and his friends where at a larping event. They had just been attacked and he started to wore about the possible of someone rating him out and getting him arrested by the DHS: "I'd always have to keep an eye open for a knife in the back, poison in the food" (Doctorow 286).This conflict helps to gives a look inside Marcius mind and shows his thought proses, this conflict helps the reader understand what the main conflict of the novel is. The theme of this conflict is to stay strong and don’t give up. The porous of this person vs society conflict is to show the reader what Marcus is really thinking and to show how mentally strong he is. Marcus had just been taken in by the DHS after revealing to the world what they where doing. The DHS employers where Water boarding him a form of torching, well they where doing it the Police infiltrated the base and rescued Marcus, his friends and the other innocent people who where being held hostage: "'Do you know what water boarding