Feed blog number two

Respond to the following(pg80-81) (TOO LONG TO WRITE OUT) relate this to marketing tactics in todays society. what is your "type"? what ads would you get if you had a feed? how would "chatting" affect modern day communication?

The passage says that they ( the corporations) are waiting to make you want things. You get ads on what your supposdly like, they try to figure out who you are and make you conform to one of their types. This is relatable to todays society in many ways. for example when they say that the corporations are waiting for you to want things they really are. they will send out ads and commercials about one product that a "cool" person likes or a age rewinding serum that will make you look ten yours younger. they label these things there waiting for you to want with not so true information. and as far as the targeting certain types of people the big companies do that. look through a target ad, they have very nice looking stuff for cheap, they try to copy the cool trends and market them because thats what the general population wants. i believe my type is a more vain type, clothes, makeup, all that girly crap. if i had a feed i would get ads that deal with animals probably, and uh make up, especially neon makeup, and uh jewelery and clothes. Im such a typical girl. I think chatting would affect modern day communication in that we wouldnt really truly communicate. communicating to me is actually face to face talking and if we chatted we would never really truly communicate.

We enter a time of "calamity" what does this mean? 

In the book when the saying "we enter a time of calamity" is repeated it is the beginning of the official corrupting of the feeds. (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune, this is the definition of calamity) I find this definition very true to the text. the feed, to most people in the book would be a great lost and misfortune if they didnt have the feed, they rely on the feed twenty four seven! yet violet relaizes that the feed is bad, she seems to be the only one to realize this in the beginning, violet even tries to corrupt the feed and screw with the big corporations. 

The author dedicates the book " to those that resist the feed." what does he mean by this? what is "the feed" in real life context, and how can it be resisted? what are the benifits and drawbacks of doing so? in what way do you "resist the feed?"

The author, to me, means that this book is dedicated to all those that do not give in to media and the worlds views and conform to fit in. the feed in real life context is every little thing that you do not think of yourself that can change your mind for the worst. like the media, tv, radio, internet, corrupt leaders, religion. he is referencing to those that think for themselves. it may be hard for "slower, less independant" people to resist the feed. i see people evry day that change themselves from class to class just to hang with new people, like really? that is really lame, and those are the people that cannot resist the feed. i dont think there is a certain way to resist it but to think for your damn self! the benifits of feeding into the feed are that youll "fit in" and youll usually be liked by more. the drawbacks are that you may not have as much advantages as the people who follow the feed, but it is better to go against it. I resist the feed by thinking for myself and investing things on myself, and i am the same person no matter who im with, i do not conform i have my own mind and my own opinions, which i credit for helping me resist the feed!

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My first blog about FEED

Well hello there fellow blog readers (-:

So this is my first OFFICIAL blog and uh the topic is

about this book called Feed by M.T Anderson. (Better then Shakespeare)

So here it goes….

 

Topic one: What are the “lesions” a reference to? What causes them? Is there anything similar to today?

 

            The lesions are a reference to these gapping, bloody open cuts that the characters in the book get from their feeds (microchips implanted in their brain.) An example of the mentioning of the lesions is made by Quendy. On page 26 Quendy comes back from the bathroom and says “ omigod! Like big thanks to everyone for not telling me that my lesion is like meg completely spreading.” This reminds me of girls and pimples yet not as severe. What causes these lesions is most likely that there is a MICROCHIP in their head, basically a cell phone, internet and radio in one transmitting radioactive waves in your brain which when exposed to high levels of radio activity over a long time period can cause the body to react in many negative ways, for example in this book the lesions that everyone has. In the book it is like the lesions are normal, yet I wonder if they really even know what is causing them, but then again what is causing them probably doesn’t teach these kids the negative effects of this chip in their brain! Today I feel that there are a few things that could be comparable to the lesions today. For example nuclear plants or pollutants that cause defects and then people get mad and ask, “ Why does my baby have fifteen toes?" While right next to their house is a gynormous company that is causing all these defects in people and animals that we pay for( No one is really trying to stop it, but they complain about it, but their supporting it, similar to the feeds.) Also this is similar to a cell phone. Every time we have the cell phone on and it is in our pocket or we are talking on it waves are being emitted and in turn go into our body which equal bad!

 

Topic two: “We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck.” How does this sentence set up the novel?

 

            This sentence sets up the novel automatically with appearingly spoiled, ungrateful children. It is clear from this sentence that there will be a vibe throughout the book that these kids do not understand what being able to go to the moon means to previous generations. That is an amazing accomplishment to be able to have stability for life on the moon and this just shows that this novel will contain a few ungrateful brats.

 

Topic three: What do you notice about the language

Anderson uses? What is his purpose for doing so? How is it effective?

           

            I notice that the language Anderson uses throughout the novel is as if they (main characters) never had English or reading class. (Im sure they have not really had that class…) The kids have even came up with new words such as null for bored and meg for very. Yet people today make up slang words that sound just as dumb so I guess its normal. I believe the purpose for him (Anderson) doing so is to show that this story is in another time period. Also I think it is a point that if today we rely to heavily on electronical devices and that becomes our life, we to could sound like idiots. I think it is effective for giving the book a vibe of dumb downed children (a not so smart generation because of the past)