Detrimental Consequences of Extreme Governmental Control in Cory Doctorow's Little Brother

Abstract

This research entitled "Detrimental Consequences of Extreme Governmental Control in Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother" is the exploration, examination and analysis of the overall public controlling mechanism of the government in different places including school, prison, court, street and other public places using most advanced and sophisticated technological instruments thereby highlights the adverse impacts of such instruments upon common people. The resistance, revolt, rebellion, confrontation and anti-surveillance activities of the techno-geeks like Marcus Yallow and his friends against the extreme governmental control result in deleterious consequences to the government, common people as well as technology experts. The authoritative and totalitarian government pressurizes and forces its citizens to meet predetermined criteria and become the complete model citizen and labels them terrorists in case of disobedience and defiance. The biopolitical government perpetuates its rule through public consciousness or ideology or different types of discursive practices and takes away liberty, freedom, will power and autonomy of American people treating people as the machine to be handled properly and carefully. Excavating the internal realities of the government and its institutions, this thesis excavates the self-destructive and counter-productive consequences of excessive development of science and technology and its abuse and misuse to hoard power and authority by the government and impose pains and sufferings on the common people.