I believe his thesis is on page 137 at the end of the third paragraph. It says: “I hope that my research will serve to dismiss these popular misconceptions about the hacker subculture, and provide background for a greater understanding of the role hackers play in cyberspace and society at large.” I think this is his thesis because it sums up what he is going to do with his essay in a whole.

The type of question he uses for his essay is definitional. He uses his piece to describe the different types of hackers. He explains that not all hackers are the stereotypical criminal kind. He uses great evidence as well. Zhu quotes Marc Rogers, a behavioral science researcher from the University of Manitoba, about hackers. Rogers goes on to say that hackers can be broken down into four different generations. (page 139) He then explains that hackers can range from kids just doing it innocently for fun to criminals who do it for all of the wrong reasons.