Question

In three to five sentences, summarize the conflict Marcus is facing in this excerpt.

Answer 1

Read this excerpt from Little Brother and answer the following questions in complete sentences using proper grammar and punctuation:

After a heated classroom discussion with his substitute teacher, Marcus is sent to the assistant principal's office.

I went fast to Mr Benson's office. Cameras filmed me as I went. My gait was recorded. The arphids in my student ID broadcast my identity to sensors in the hallway. It was like being in jail.

"Close the door, Marcus," Mr Benson said. He turned his screen around so that I could see the video feed from the social studies classroom. He'd been watching.

"What do you have to say for yourself?"

"That wasn't teaching, it was propaganda. She told us that the Constitution didn't matter!"

"No, she said it wasn't religious doctrine. And you attacked her like some kind of fundamentalist, proving her point. Marcus, you of all people should understand that everything changed when the bridge was bombed. Your friend Darryl�"

"Don't you say a word about him," I said, the anger bubbling over. "You're not fit to talk about him. Yeah, I understand that everything's different now. We used to be a free country. Now we're not."

"Marcus, do you know what 'zero-tolerance' means?"

I backed down. He could expel me for "threatening behavior." It was supposed to be used against kids who tried to intimidate their teachers. But of course he wouldn't have any compunction about using it on me.

"Yes," I said. "I know what it means."

"I think you owe me an apology," he said.

I looked at him. He was barely suppressing his sadistic smile. A part of me wanted to grovel. It wanted to beg for his forgiveness for all my shame. I tamped that part down and decided that I would rather get kicked out than apologize.

Answer 2

Hmm I would analyze this as a power struggle and the dynamics of the individual. As you can see, Marcus is arguing for his own freedom and states about "we used to be a free country" and also hints at the lack of privacy. You can feel the tension and the anger flaring in him from the diction that he uses to describe this, here his power and his rights is being "destroyed" because of not only the propaganda- but the symbolic figure of Mr. Benson- forcing him to apologize. Here the power struggle of the individual versus the conformity of a society without freedom of choice is so disliked and unwanted by Marcus he states that "He'd rather get kicked out than apologize."
In other words if you want it short.

1. He's fighting against a government that limits the freedom of people and how they act.
2. Symbolically he is fighting against society by being the individual.
3. He is having problems with Mr. Benson and is not happy by how his used to be free country is now almost a dystopian land and that, there are no individial rights.

Answer 3

individual** oops spelling

Answer 4

That help? :P

Answer 5

Yeah thx, one more?

Answer 6

hmm oki

Answer 7

Using examples from the text, explain Marcus' current stage of identity development. As a reminder, the different stages of identity development are:

Identity Diffusion occurs when an adolescent does not make a commitment to any particular roles, values, or goals.
Identity Foreclosure occurs when someone makes a commitment without considering other possibilities.
Identity Moratorium occurs when an individual is in the midst of a crisis over a particular role or value and tries out alternatives in order to make a commitment.
Identity Achievement occurs when someone makes a personal decision or commitment after going through a crisis and exploring his or her options.

Answer 8

Identity Foreclosure occurs when someone makes a commitment without considering other possibilities.

Well because he did say he rather get kicked out that say sorry- he doesn't want to bow down or try any other alternative to change things. He hasn't really did any exploring in my opinion he was keen on sticking to his own choices . ;p

Answer 9

thanks allot for your help!1! do i give you medals now or what cause i'm kinda new at this open study thing.

Answer 10

Ahh thanks :) Glad to have helped :)

Answer 11

I usually give medals to answers that help so aha, welcome to OpenStudy then :) :D

Answer 12

thank

Answer 13

*thanks

Answer 14

ballz