Tests, Enemies, and Allies

How is Marcus tested throughout the story? And how does he meet and deal with his enemies and allies?

Marcus faces many tests throughout the story. His first test is making it through the torture that the DHS put him through when he was in their captivity. They did not manage to break Marcus, and when he was released he immediately started to fight back against them. His next test is continuing to lead the Xnetters against the DHS even though many things have happened to him that discouraged him. Marcus' next test is accepting the fact that the DHS is going to catch him again. When they do catch him he is very confident and smug, and he does not cooperate with him, so they start to torture him even more brutally than they did the first time. Luckily, the California State Troopers raided the jail that the DHS were using and released all of the prisoners and arrested the DHS agents.

Marcus had encountered many enemies throughout the story. Some of the minor enemies that he meets are his english teacher, his principal, and a boy at his school named Charles. Marcus' hated the english teacher he had because she believed that everything the DHS was doing was good for the country and completely disagreed with Marcus. When Marcus had tried to prove his point the teacher kicked him out of her classroom. Marcus' principal had always had something against Marcus. He was always out to get him, and when his English teacher kicked him out of the classroom he suspended him for a week. Charles is just a really annoying character. He was always trying to get Marcus in trouble. He once taped Marcus doing something against the DHS and threatened to turn him into the police.

The major enemies that Marcus encounters are the whole DHS and the lady that tortured Marcus when he was in captivity, he called her severe haircut lady. The DHS was taking over the city and not letting the people have any freedom. They tried to catch and figure out who the leader of Xnet was. The leader of Xnet was called M1k3y (Mikey), who was actually Marcus, but the DHS did not know. Marcus hated severe haircut lady more than anyone else on earth. She was the one that interrogated him and tortured him while he was in captivity. She would also mock him and try to humiliate him in order to get what she wanted.

Marcus had many allies. His mother, father, and three friends; Darryl, Vanessa, and Jolu. He also met new allies throughout the story. His girlfriend helped him through many tough situations, and was like a mentor to him. He also met a reptorter that his mother used to be friends with. Marcus told the reporter his story, so the world would know what he had been through and what other people were going through at the time.