Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Similarity to Marcus
Marcus is close to our age and lives in a setting that is close to our time. The activities he enjoys are similar to the activities and games we play. The government closely monitors his movements and actions, similar to how our government does. He begins to feel like he is being watched and becomes paranoid. If our government directly affected your life like they affected Marcus', you would become a bit fearful yourself. Some of his actions are a bit out of order but he faces similar problems that we may have to face soon. Do you agree? Do you think you would resemble Marcus more if DHS agents tortured you?
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I've said this before last Wednesday, but I think that Marcus is entirely justified in his paranoia, and that we have to give him some slack for his (admittedly quite poorly thought out) actions. It's scary to think about our own society headed in this direction, but it definitely seems to be that way.
ReplyDeleteI don't know that I would have reacted anything like Marcus, honestly. My response when school gets too stressful is to just bundle up and cry. I can't imagine going from being tortured to planning a government takedown. I think he's pretty justified in his actions, but I definitely don't think I would have done the same thing.
ReplyDeleteMarcus's paranoia was justified, but how far he took it may be a little over the top; i mean he is a hacker and very computer savvy so he will always be involved in things that do look suspicious to the DHS. Marcus would have to completely change who he is in order to have the DHS agents back off a little, and Marcus's personality will not allow him to drastically change his ways. So to him the only option was to fight for what he believes in.
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