The other night I finally finished Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. I thought the book was pretty interesting, but not exactly my cup of tea. The lead character, Marcus, drove me out of my mind. I wanted to just yell at him to stop being an idiot. I, personally, fear authority and like to follow the rules, but Marcus did everything he could to cause problems. I could not relate to his character at all. I felt terrible when I related to Van or Jolu when they told Marcus to stop using the Xnet or jamming.
However, I thought this book was very relatable to mult-modal literacies because it jammed packed with technologies that will interest students and almost help them learn more about the technical aspects of technolgoy.
I don't know if I would use this book in my classroom, I feel like parents and the administration would not like the idea because of some of the content. I do feel, however, that I would definitly recommend this book to students for use outside of the classroom.
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I agree, Anna. Little Brother is loaded with many different technological aspects that are could be relevant to the classroom environment. From video games, to rigging library books, to completely rebuilding a computer, Little Brother tackles an impressive amount of technology. I believe this book could definitely captivate the interest of students in the classroom.
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