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| M.T Anderson |
For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon - a chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who has decided to fight the feed and its omnipresent ability to categorize human thoughts and desires. Following in the footsteps of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr., M. T. Anderson has created a not-so-brave new world — and a smart, savage satire that has captivated readers with its view of an imagined future that veers unnervingly close to the here and now.
People have told me that Feed is coming true. (Some of the technologies I discussed have been explored in recent years.) But in a sense, I believe it already was the reality when I was writing.
I was already dreaming in advertisements.
M.T Anderson
Fast review
Although is a hard book to understand , even for some native English speakers,Feed is a very interesting book about a futurist sociaty,which brings us to a surprising adventure and makes us think: what if it really happens !!?
Titus
The narrator Titus is the teenage son of an
upper-middle-class family. For the most part, he is content with his
consumerist lifestyle. When he meets Violet, Titus begins to help her
"resist the feed," but ultimately abandons this project as he gives
into peer pressure and the alluring advertisements. Titus was genetically
designed to look like Delglacey Murdoch, a two-star actor.
Violet Durn
Violet is Titus's girlfriend throughout the
majority of the novel. She was raised by her eccentric father, and was home
schooled. Violet did not get a feed until she was seven, unlike Titus and his
friends whose feeds were implanted when they were infants. Violet views the
feed negatively, different from Titus and his friends. She also comes from a
lower-middle-class background. Lincoln "Link" Arwaker
Link is one of Titus's friends. He is described as
being very tall and physically unsightly. His family is also depicted as much
wealthier than Titus's family. Link is a clone of Abraham Lincon and lives in a gate community. Calista and
Quendy compete for his attention throughout the book.
Marty
Another of Titus's friends, Marty is described as
being good at any game. He is loud and obnoxious at times. At the end of the
novel, Marty purchases the "Nike speech tattoo," causing him to
insert the word "Nike" into all of his sentences.
Calista
Calista is Link's girlfriend throughout most of the
novel. She is the ring leader of the group of girls and was the first to get
"cosmetic" lesions. Confrontational and outspoken, she instigates a
major fight she and the other characters have with Violet.
Loga
Loga and Titus had a past romance. By the start of the
book, the relationship has ended, but they are still friends. Loga is the only
one of Titus's circle of friends who is not hacked at the Rumble Spot.
Quendy
Quendy tries to replicate Calista. She tends to be
jealous and ever-competing with Calista for attention from Link and the group.
After Calista has lesions cut into the back of her neck, Quendy takes the trend
to the next level and has lesions cut all over her body in an act of
competition.]At the end of the novel, Titus and Quendy are dating.
Titus's father (Steve)
Steve is depicted as obsessed with both consumerist
desires and status. He works for a corporation, somewhere in the realm of
banking, and buys Titus an upcar. Towards the finish of the novel, it is exposed
that Steve is possibly having an affair with a woman he works with based on a
video from his business trip.
Titus's mother
Titus's mother works in the area of Design. Titus
expresses a lack of knowledge towards what either of his parents do for a
living.
Titus's kid brother ("Smell Factor")
His real name is never given, and he is referred to by
Titus exclusively as "Smell Factor" throughout the story. Often Smell
Factor is entranced by his feed. Having no idea of what is going on around him,
he shouts out random phrases with no relevance to any given situation.
Violet's father
Along with Violet, her father also has a different
kind of feed, referred to as "Feedpack". His feed is much different
in that it is a detached backpack with virtual glasses.[Her father
is a college professor who uses words most of the characters are unfamiliar
with and often frustrates those trying to communicate with him. He teaches
programming languages in a historical context. Violet's father is not as
wealthy as Titus's parents. Although he was able to afford to send Violet to
the moon, he was unable to afford the cost of visiting her when her feed was
hacked.
Vocabulary
Terms for Reference:
Feed: brain implant that allows a person to connect to other feed users
and use a futuristic version of the internet with instant messaging and
advertisements. The individual can also relay sensory information, whereby
other people can feel what that person feels, and transmit memories. All of
these features are because the feed is incorporated into the limbic system
(involving the different hemispheres of the brain). (p.3-298)
Null: boring, dull, empty. (p.3)
Lo-grav: short for
low gravity. (p.11)
Big: good or exciting. (p.2)
Unit: (similar to dude) pronoun for a guy. (p.4)
Unette: (similar to dudette) pronoun for a girl. (p.5)
Youch: (referencing girls) an attractive individual. (p.5)
Meg: very or extremely. (p.9)
Bonesprocket: similar to “bonehead” or a “killjoy.”
Mal: (short for malfunction) a term used for getting high electronically, similar to marijuana. (p.147)
Flat-lining: boring or being bored, similar to the medical term for dead or dying.
Freestyle: natural birth without assistive technology.
Conceptionarium: a place where children are grown outside of the womb.
Bannered: being bombarded with advertisements and new feeds. (p.8)
Banquet: an abundance of something (shame banquet).
M-chatting: chatting using the feed.
Lesions: abnormal change in the structure of an organ due to injury or disease. (can be found on the surface of the skin.) (p.11)
Limp: uncool or unexciting. (p.12)
Dadada: blah blah blah. (p.18)
Omigod: text speak for “Oh my god.” (p.21)
Suppuration: discharge of pus. (p.23)
Major System Error: big problem.
Brag: awesome or cool.
Intercrural: having to do with sex. (p.127)
Girlf: short for girl friend
Big: good or exciting. (p.2)
Unit: (similar to dude) pronoun for a guy. (p.4)
Unette: (similar to dudette) pronoun for a girl. (p.5)
Youch: (referencing girls) an attractive individual. (p.5)
Meg: very or extremely. (p.9)
Bonesprocket: similar to “bonehead” or a “killjoy.”
Mal: (short for malfunction) a term used for getting high electronically, similar to marijuana. (p.147)
Flat-lining: boring or being bored, similar to the medical term for dead or dying.
Freestyle: natural birth without assistive technology.
Conceptionarium: a place where children are grown outside of the womb.
Bannered: being bombarded with advertisements and new feeds. (p.8)
Banquet: an abundance of something (shame banquet).
M-chatting: chatting using the feed.
Lesions: abnormal change in the structure of an organ due to injury or disease. (can be found on the surface of the skin.) (p.11)
Limp: uncool or unexciting. (p.12)
Dadada: blah blah blah. (p.18)
Omigod: text speak for “Oh my god.” (p.21)
Suppuration: discharge of pus. (p.23)
Major System Error: big problem.
Brag: awesome or cool.
Intercrural: having to do with sex. (p.127)
Girlf: short for girl friend
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| 4/5 |
