Given the choice that we can elaborate on class discussions, I wish to write more about Feed and its clear forewarnings for our future. We discussed Feed for the whole class time today. It was really weird to read this book and consider that that’s where this generation is headed. The slang is completely different from today's slang. The generation in this book gets lazy, and uses sentences like “what is doing” instead of “what are you doing”. They also have the knowledge of the world inside their minds. This gives them every reason not to retain and use information that’s actually really useful. This ties into a previous class discussion on the importance of learning things that don’t tie into our future careers. I think this book makes a perfect example of how beneficial it is to have a general knowledge of history, science, math, art, and other subjects. By having the feed, no person really learns about what history has to offer. When Titus goes to school, he mentions only learning about using the feed. I couldn’t imagine not learning about some of the genuinely interesting things that I do learn every day in class. The elimination of practical knowledge leaves room for things like trends, and fashion. Characters Kalista, Loga, and Quendy spend their time worrying about “lesions” or how to wear their hair. This so called “feed” is completely increasing Narcissism. Not to mention the synthetic world described in the book. They live in the air, and travel by air tubes. Every single thing natural is owned, including the Sun and Clouds. In one part of the book, Titus and Violet take a trip to “Meat country”. These farms are actually growing pieces of meat, by attaching tubes that bring blood and nutrients to the meat. There are no cows, chickens, or pigs. They condense all these processes for the cheapest, quickest way to make profit. This book provides excellent scenery for what the ultimate control of today’s corporations would look like.
I like the way you elaborated on this book. This book does a great job on helping us understand where we are heading if we don't change soon. I too found it weird how these kids live in the air and travel by air tubes. But it is sad to say this is the path we are heading. Look for a TM on the clouds and sun soon haha.
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I'm glad you chose to talk more about the feed because it is a topic that should be looked at closer. We need to recognize what our future may hold or what our childrens future may come to be like. And I personally do not want that kind of existence for me or my non-existent children. A little bit of me would be crushed if I had to live in a bubble with manufactured air and meat grown in a field and whole conversations that are never heard out loud and the loss of language and the poetry and emotion of speaking or writing. I just doesn't sound fun and frankly just writing about it sadens me. Thanks for the more in depth discussion and letting me get my nonsense out.
ReplyDeleteI thought the meat country seemed really odd. I wondered if they even had those animals anymore or if it was just their tissue. I don't know that our society is going this direction, but I do think that maybe certain aspects of the book could reign true such as the trends or the technology being more assessable. I doubt that there will ever be school TM though, but who knows. I enjoyed reading about your thoughts on the book.
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