Little Brother Comparisons 2 and 3

The term Yippie comes from a movement in the 1960's and 70's known as the Youth International Party. The reason the author includes this term in Little Brother is because of its relation to Marcus's cause. Both parties have one main cause and that is to be an individual. The Yippies just wanted to be themselves and not be forced into a group similarily, Marcus wants to have the personal freedom to search whatever he likes, travel wherever he likes, without being questioned and constantly watched by the DHS. Similarly to Marcus and his network of rebels, the YIP worked to stop conformity. They made it rain at the New York Stock Exchange with money thrown all over the floor and people fighting over it, just as Marcus and his group jam DHS trackers. Likewise other terms such as Freedom of Speech Movement in 1965 and punk music show resistance to conformity. Whereas most people in Little Brother give in to the unconstitutional actions of the DHS, Marcus and his group of friends refuse to conform to their outrageous behavior. Punk music, FSM, and YIP are all examples of nonconformity. The teachers in Little Brother are very similar to those in Harry Potter as seen when Dolores takes over Hogwarts due to the fear of the Ministry of Magic that Dumbledore is creating an army of students to take over. In Little Brother the teacher is replaced because she isn't strict enough. She lets her students be individuals and practice rights that are granted to them by the constitution, but because of everyones fear of terrorists, she is replaced by a much stricter teacher who will keep a close eye on all the students. In Harry Potter, it is also this fear of something that causes the Ministry of Magic to basically replace Dumbledore with Dolores a much stricter person who does not allow individualism.