Feed Blog 2

Parents buy their kids many things, little things and other times…nothing at all. When Titus, the “Rich” boy was given an upcar by his parents, boy, wasn’t he just the happiest man alive. He couldn’t believe that he was finally getting a car. He although reminded me of myself. When he said, “…Are you kidding! You are like the best mom and dad ever!” (p.118). When my parents gave me something that I had wanted, I would say pretty much almost the same thing to my parents too. But…when I think about it, I only say it when they give me a gift that makes you go, “OMGenius! Really!? For me!?” But at other times when you they give you something small as a shirt. Would you still be saying the same thing to them as you did before? It’s a no huh? I thought so. We only appreciate our parents when they give us something cool and expensive. So for Titus…he would be the same.
The quote, “We enter a time of calamity” (p.38), was at first confusing to me. But after reading it over and figuring out what calamity means, to my opinion, what I think the old man means is that the world is getting more destroy and corrupted. Just right before that quote came up; they were describing how these teenagers were at the club. “Women grinning, women oiling men with their fingertips, women taking out their teeth…” (p.38). Teens are just out of control. Think about it. If you were a parent, and you saw your child doing that, wouldn’t you think that you have enter in a time of calamity? Everything wasn’t how it used to be back then for the old man. All these teens could think about is SEX, SEX, SEX. Which is the same in our society today. Advertisements are rooting for sex, TV is saying that it’s ok…everything of the media is all about “sex is ok to do!” DISGUSTING!!!
Boring…We all say that all the time. My boyfriend and his brothers say it all the time. It’s really lame of them because they don’t do anything to entertain their self. For Titus, he found that the picture on the wall was boring. Why? Because he couldn’t find anything interesting about it and there was nothing that was about to happen or had just happened. It shows that Titus doesn’t think of what a pictures meaning is. Titus doesn’t take the time to think about the picture, showing that he doesn’t take the time to think. He also does not understand. We all know that a picture always have a meaning behind it. And Titus, he doesn’t even take the time to look at it carefully and give it a thought. He’s not patient person and person who judge a book by its cover.
The dead language…Violet’s dad probably still want to study it because he doesn’t want to let the dead language go. It was part of his life and he doesn’t want to lose what was passing down from life back then. Just like us. You don’t want to let go of something precious you have kept for a long time, so you keep it and treasure it. Just like Violets dad. People now a day in the “feed” would don’t use it anymore. And maybe Violet’s dad have hopes that maybe one day, the feed will be destroyed and Violets dad comes to the rescue to teach the people the dead language.
I think why the author dedicated the book to those who resist the feed was because the feed is like the technologies that are being use today in our society. There are people out there that don’t like what is happening with the world now. With the new high tech and stuff. So he is giving this book to the people, saying that “This is for you.” The Feed in out word today is the movies, technology, TV shows. Can they be resisted? Back then probably they can. But till to now, in not shape or form of way can it not be resisted. People would die without it. Go insane because the Feed, (according to us) is what society relies on. It’s part of their life. You can’t take something away from a person and expect them to get over it. It would take years, months, and days. Ways I say I resist the feed to I try not to get into with it. I stay away from technology as possible, occupy myself with after school activities, or…do things without the feed, it’s really hard, but when the more I try, the tiring I get of the Feed. It’s like; I’ll never have enough satisfaction with the things given to me by the Feed.

FEED!

The setting of this novel to me tells that the characters are snobby, selfish, and does not know how to have a life. They always end up making a new game whenever they don’t have anything to do. Like on page 57, quote “So we decided we needed to be cheered up big-time. So Marty invented this game…”Just hearing them saying he invented this game and that, is so annoying. They are so boring! I mean, they could at least explore the beauty of the moon. I know if I ever had a chance to go outer space, I would cherish it very well and go to many places there and explore the galaxy.
There names…They are very interesting. The author picks out the name perfectly for them. Titus, who sounds like the high respected man who is just neutral. Link, who is obviously connected to Abe. Lincoln. His colon. So that’s not so hard to figure out. Violet, who just sounds like the “Nancy Drew” girl. Who goes around investigating the truth. Like that girl in the book “Series of the Unfortunate Event. “ The girl violet in that movie that is just so smart in figuring things out. There is Marty, whose name perfectly matches a jock. Which is what Marty is, a jock, and it also match him as a total idiot. Calista, which of course, sounds totally like a bitchy name. The mean girl who is stuck up and we would say, the lead of a group of girls, looking for trouble. Quendy, sounds like a follower. Which she is, always following Calista. Then there is Loga. The boring girl who just doesn’t care much. Makes me wonder why Titus even went out with her in the first place. LOL! I’m joking. There name shows how they are and who they are. It’s their identity.
The function of the feed. Now that is just to much to handle. All these things, advertising, talking, etc…so annoying. It’s like, something or someone is slamming things that you don’t need right at your face. I can’t even take my siblings loudness, so just having this feed thing into my brains, being on 24/7, I will totally go insane. Possibility I would suicide. But I wont…The feed telling us words when we can’t figure out one. “The feed suggested supple” (p.11). For me, it sounds like; they can’t make any new technology, besides this stupid feed chip. Advertisings, words, peoples voice in front of their face, ears, whatever it may be. This whole thing reminds me of Wall-E. Where the people live and rely so much on technology, but in feed it’s the feed chip itself. In Feed, Titus was like, “You write…with a pen” (p.65). It’s like, writing and a pen doesn’t exist. Like in Wall-E, Earth didn’t exist. Then when Quendy and Calista was m chating to each other when they are next to each other. And in Wall-E, the people were just chatting to other people who are in the same area as they are. Gosh they are all FREAKEN LAZY people. Lazy than I am. (I would say).
There trends. “Quendy and Loga went off to the bathroom because hairstyles have changed” (p.20). It tells that trend is a very important thing. They must have the newest look and everything. It’s sooooooooo lame. It would just then be like, everybody is everybody. Same look, same style, same everything. Like the world. They must buy this and that to keep up with everybody. Like Quendy and Loga. They keep up with the trend, but the thing is, who notices it? Who cares of how good looking the “NEW” trend is. When it comes to your own kind of style, I say that’s when others notice you more. Besides, “Oh, that style, seen it, done it, been there.”
This book reminds me a lot about life. Mine, families, friends. When Titus was checking out Violet, as what I would say, it reminds me of my boyfriend. (We won’t go into details about that.) Also that when Titus, quote “I tried to tell myself that being here was nor re: sleeping but…(p.9) Just reminds me also of how I complain so much about being somewhere where I don’t to be and I remind myself that it’s not about me only. I must do it for the sake of whoever I am doing for. But basically…I think the Feed thingy ma bob is really STUPID! So full of…CRAZINESS….

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