"The Conscience of a Hacker" by The Mentor

Already this essay was eye catching just from this one line: "The following was written shortly after my arrest...!" The title was equally intriguing having the word Hacker in it. Typically, when you think Hacker, you think of the deep web and those ingenious masterminds behind it all. What makes this essay stand out apart from the norm is the language used and the structure of the work. You do not see blocks of writing, and it does not seem to be much to read as everything is spaced out. As a result, I believe that readers would much rather prefer to read something like this compared to the generic structured essays. Anyways, going back and talking about the content. So what really stood out was how The Mentor opens up his paper with stating headlines that a Hacker would make, and I liked how he welcomed us into his world.The Mentor explains his foundations starting from school to the discovery of the computer, and how there was a new door that opened to the world after this realization. COOL I think! I find it amusing and astonishing what Hacker's are capable of doing. Although, I would never want to be hacked myself nor do several others in this world. Therefore, I can understand why it would be a good idea to capture the Hacker's. In the eyes of The Mentor and his fellow hackers, they discern that it is unjust that they be called criminals for what they love to do: explore and seek knowledge. And I do not disagree with that; however, if hacking is done with the wrong intentions like bank tampering then I would have to refute and say that Hacker's should not be here. What am I kidding! Hackers and hacking is generally never good. So what if we can turn that around? Make hacking a benefit to our planet and peoples. The ending tops this essay off quite lovely. To specify, throughout this entire piece, The Mentor mentions how underachievers are alike, how video gamers are alike, how teachers are alike in believing student's who do not show work are cheaters and copied from another's work, and so forth. Basically, emphasizing how people are ALIKE. Moreover, as this hacker is caught, The Mentor makes it lucid that they're plenty more of them out there - "after all, we're all alike."