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Old 04-09-2009, 01:28 PM   #21
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I'd ask the students to think about why Doctorow chose his title. And how feasible either future seems to them. And how a society can balance the rights of the individual against the security of the many.
Really, I thought "Little Brother" was about our current society and government, not some supposed government of the future. I see it as a reaction to the patriot act.

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