Saturday, October 17, 2009

feed A

First thing i thought about after reading a couple of chapters of Feed was how similar the Feed seemed to a blue tooth. We use blue tooth's as a way of communication just like the feed does. We talk into air and wait for an electronic voice to answer us, Titus looks into his feed and becomes distant from the world because he watches a world wide television in his mind, his relationship's with his friends and family are nothing more then a digital connection that holds no emotions. 

Feed definitely connects to how teenagers act. We usually just party and don't care much about anything else. Just like in Feed we follow all the new trends like the new sneakers, phones, clothes anything to fit in with everyone, such as the girls in Feed did with the lesions and how they become cool because t.v stars had them. 

As i read on i find Feed a description of how we are as a society now... not what we are going to become. I think the author was trying to bring to our attention how socially dumb we are becoming and how electronics are effecting us personally and as a whole. The main character Titus is a perfect example of a teenager who uses electronics to much. He doesn't even call his brother by his real name... he barley talks to his dad, and his mom is so busy loving his little brother. Thing is Titus doesn't even take the time to reach out to anyone he is to busy worrying about his feed and being caught up in a fake version of life. Such as teenagers do now. We text all the time instead of talking to the person right in front of us and we rather take face book photos and flaunt our fakeness instead of being original an not relying on digital media to keep us entertained. 

   

1 comment:

  1. Dear Mi Amor,


    After reading your thoughts on the book Feed i found it very interesting. Your tone of your writing was great and i liked the overall meaning you were trying to explain. I think you are a good writer. I liked how you connected Feed back onto the real world and showed how they were very similar to today.

    Feed to us is our blue tooth we talk to it and communicate with it just like Titus does and so does the rest of the characters. Its a digital connection with no emotions. Feed connects to the way teenagers act today, they want the latest technology and get sucked into this digital world. The author is awaring us that we are socially dumb and how Titus is a perfect example of this.

    This connects to my lifestyle a little bit because the digital world has a big effect on me. I feel so attached to it just as Titus does with his Feed. Its so distracting and its something you cannot let go of. This also reminds me of my cousin who spends so many hours on AIM no matter what is going on in his surroundings its as if the sidekick is glued to his hand. The digital world can corrupt your mind.

    Next time you might want to proofread your work and make sure you spell the words correctly.

    One question i have is do you actually feel socially dumb or offended by what he author wrote in Feed? In what ways is this actually good? Why or why not?

    Thanks, it was great reading your ideas. Hope you enjoyed mines! =-)

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