Blog 1

Yesterday in my Great Books class, we discussed freedom over security and also the book called Little Brother where the main character in the book deals with many of these issues. We were then asked how these two topics apply to our class and how we could utilize them in real life. When I was first asked this question I was very skeptical of how the conversation and the book would truly affect me. But as I started to look deeper at our classes’ conversation I started to realize that this topic means a lot to us. It helps us take what we have read in literature and apply it to our lives. In the book Little Brother the main character fights for his freedoms of privacy from homeland security. We have seen battles in real life on whether it is right to take away certain freedoms for the safety of everyone. By doing this activity I have learned to apply literature from what I read and use it in the world around me. This also helps me better understand the world around me and makes me more aware of what is going on in my world.