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Seat 2 Block 1
September 28 , 2017
Chapter 8 of Little Brother
By: Cory Doctorow

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Marcus Yallow: Marcus is a 17 year old boy at Cesar Chavez High, and he is gifted in technology. He plays an online game called Harajuku Fun Madness with a group of friends. Marcus is the main character and narrator of the novel.

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In the beginning of the chapter, Marcus argues with his father over what the government is doing to their city. Marcus feels that the DHS's actions are ridiculous and only making things more chaotic. Drew disagrees, and thinks that the DHS is helping the citizens.

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In the middle of this chapter, Marcus meets up with Van at Dolores Park. The two get into an argument, because Van does not want to participate in Marcus's scheming anymore. Van feels that Marcus will get everyone arrested if he continues with his crazy plans.

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At the end of the chapter, Marcus walks home from a long day of school. As he strolls down the street, he passes by many cops, who were calling people aside for questioning and bag searches. Once Marcus got home, he sat down and pondered on his day. Later that night, Drew came home and told the family that he had been pulled over and searched on his way home from work.

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On page 125, Marcus says, " Seriously. We can do this. We can mess up the profiles easy. Getting the people pulled over is easy."
This means that Marcus is trying to screw up other peoples "profiles," or FasTraks, to make everyone look guilty.

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On page 126, Van says, "You're psycho, Marcus. You're going to put all your little Xnet buddies in danger for their lives, and on top of it, you're going to turn the whole city into terrorism suspects."
This means that Van thinks Marcus is nuts for trying to endanger the lives of thousands of people, just to prove a point.

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Vanessa Pak: Vanessa Pak, also known as Van, is a close friend of Marcus. She is plays the computer game, Harajuku Fun Madness, with Marcus. Van is also technologically gifted like Marcus.

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Drew Yallow: Drew is Marcus's father. He is a professor of library science and an adviser for tech companies. He is a supporter of the Department of Home Security.

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Marcus was a criminal in this chapter, because he was trying to have his friend Van help him with illegal online tactics.

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Marcus has traveled to different locations throughout San Francisco. He was at his house, Dolores Park, and his school. He had also walked along 22nd and 23rd street.