Notorious M1k3y

Blog 5

 

November 20th 165-230

     After Jolu explains to everyone why they are there, people have many questions, comments and eventually exchange identity keys for the Xnet. When Marcus brings his laptop with possible evidence to the ocean for dumping, one of his trust worthy key members named Ange joins him. Because of the beautiful atmosphere they almost kiss, but don't. However they still share a beautiful moment with each other. When Marcus finally arrives home after being on a bus with his drunk friends, he finds Ange on Xnet and discovers that people use Xnet like a Facebook now. After Marcus and Ange flirt all night, Marcus wakes up and notices the quote "don't trust anyone over 25" all around town. Even in his classroom. When that quote is on Marcus's class board, Mrs. Galvez and the class discuss people called Yippies. After huge discussions on Yippies break out, mentioning the attacks they have had on cops and towns, Marcus interrupts them by standing up and reading an article from the internet out loud. After he reads a passage from the Declaration of Independence, he sits down and class ends. That night he contacts Ange on Xnet again and they arrange a date. They make plans to go to an illegal concert in Dolores Park and have dinner together at a Mexican restaurant. When they arrive at the concert, they have a blast! Eventually they move into a private area for sexual contact. The police then arrive to pepper spray the whole area and handcuff anyone they could capture. Marcus and Ange avoid the police and they decide to end the night. That week Marcus meets Ange in his favorite cafe to show her the paper mentioning the scene at Dolores Park. He wants actual victims to post their sides of the story on Xnet for everyone to see. While he explains this to her, she mentions his secret name m1k3y and he storms out of the cafe with anger. After he becomes calm, she explains how she knows his code name and tells him that she was the one who stole the big test and posted them online weeks ago! Later that night, he is working on his website In order to publish the victims side of the story towards the night at Dolores Park. Stories about the publishers is all over the news the next morning and Marcus's father is against him using Xnet! When Marcus gets to school he notices that he has a new sub. She brings up topics relating to freedom and Marcus connects The Bill of Rights to society. After he gets sent to the principals office for being disrespectful, principal Benson suspends him for two weeks and kicks him out of his office. when Marcus wakes up the next morning, he turns on the news and hears people criticizing anyone who was at Dolores Park that week. After he tells his father he got suspended, he goes upstairs to start his school paper. When he falls asleep, he has many dreams of him and Ange having sex. when Marcus meets Ange at her school, they run into Vanessa. Marcus learns that Ange and Vanessa aren't friends and Ange has thoughts that Marcus likes Vanessa. Ange takes Marcus to her house, where Marcus discovers an insane video of a general getting beaten up by DHS members in public! He shares the video many times on Xnet and the video becomes world wide! The next day Marcus receives extremely suspicious emails from people on the Xnet, mentioning that they want to interview him. Marcus rejects each one throughout the day.

Prediction: I think that he will get caught any second! The kid isn't smart enough to continue what he's doing. Think about it, it's him against America! Since when does America lose? When he gets caught I'm throwing this book.

Quote: very important quote: "Ladies and gentlemen, America is fighting a war on many fronts, but nowhere is she in more grave danger then she is here at home"(Doctorow 216). Marcus is saying that America is fighting for something, but the most dangerous place to be is in America because they are just really fighting themselves with all the changes they're making.

Reaction: I feel a little more chilled out when reading this book now. Maybe it's because he's not talking to his friends anymore. I am pretty surprised that Marcus has a girlfriend and i am shocked that he has sex with her! Two huge nerds having sex, I know it sounds weird.