Little Brother Theme of Identity

What makes your identity yours? Why would you want to have a new identity? In Little Brother owning your identity makes you free. And we're not just talking your typical "figuring out who they are" kind of identity stuff. We're talking about anonymous internet handles, faceless guards, and how scrambling some data chips makes everyone seem suspicious.

Questions About Identity

  1. What masks do people use to hide their identity in Little Brother?
  2. What makes someone identifiable as a hacker? An American? A terrorist?
  3. What do the Xnet handles tell us about characters and their personalities? Why are they spelled the way they are?

Chew on This

Try on an opinion or two, start a debate, or play the devil’s advocate.

Everyone who uses fake identities has something to hide.

Everyone has the right to the privacy that pseudonymous names provide.