For my comic strip I chose to focus on and sort of mock Marcus' defiance. When he was being interrogated, he could have easily cooperated and avoided a lot of controversy, but instead he insisted on seeing a lawyer even though he clearly was not taken by the police. While his defiance is unrealistic, it represents American society's value of freedom. In my strip, Marcus is in class, tired and groggy. The teacher then asks for the homework, which he didn't do, to be passed forward. He then proceeds to ask for a lawyer. This is similar to the story in that he is in trouble and asks for a lawyer in a setting where he cannot have one. The difference between this strip and the book is that Marcus is actually guilty here.