Little Brother - Connections to Real Life

The part where the four frends feel the earth shake and then they see a huge black cloud of smoke rise up in the distance reminded me of when I saw the broadcasts for the Nine Eleven attack on the television. "A huge black cloud rising from the northeast, from the direction of the Bay."(Cory Doctorow, Little Brother 33).

This event in the book reminded me of 911 because the way that the book described what was going on, it seemed like there was chaos and panic in the streets of the city. Everyone was running for some kind of shelter, there were sirens going off throughout the city, and every kind of emergency vehicle driving around the streets. This seemed a lot like what was going on in New York City when 911 happened. This also reminded me of 911 because when the four friends saw the smoke rise up from the where the explosion happened, it made me think of all the dust that was blown through the streets when the towers fell.