The middle of Feed starts to sheer away from the good life that Titus and Violet are having in the beginning of the book. The book takes on a much more depressing tone as Violet's feed malfunctions more and more. There relationship still stays relatively strong despite this and all the differences between them.
I have many problems that I have seen with the society in Feed so far. One is that people are expected to be good looking through genetic selection. A good example of this is Link, who is considered not good-looking despite the fact that he's a clone of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was known for being handsome in his time and to think that that's now considered ugly shows that people like Brad Pitt or Ariana Grande would only be considered normal looking. This disturbs me that people would throw away their uniqueness and make their future generations all practically identical.
The people are also so uneducated or oblivious they cant see that they are mere puppets to the corporations. A hacker is beaten to death in a club, the President of the United States calls foreign leaders "shitheads", corporations own everything, the news is censored. These people don't notice these things, maybe because they weren't educated to see it. Or maybe they don't notice it because they don't want to see it. They don't want to believe that they are limited in their abilities, so they pretend that there is no issue. They shouldn't let this happen. Over the past week, I've noticed these things happening in our real world and if they continue, we need to put an end to them.
Lets leave that point and move onto a new one. There are many theories that I have about things that have happened so far throughout Feed. One theory is that Titus's dreams aren't actually dreams. I believe that his feed is connecting into world news and event and is broadcasting these events to him. I'm assuming this is a lingering effect from the hacker that the Corporations didn't detect. I'm hoping that these warnings will prove valuable to Titus and Violet and may help them.
Another theory I have is that Violet can be saved by the technicians. They simply choose not to because of her semi-radical views. Being a business, the owners of the feed will do what is best for business, even if it means letting Violet die. I am hoping there is some way to save her that can be brought around. Maybe if Violet and Titus leave to another country they can be saved by some sort of group working against the feed. With the grim way the book is turning, I can only hope for the best.
I highly doubt they'll be able to fix the feed. This isn't a book about war, so I highly doubt there will be any rebel groups.
ReplyDeleteI like your point about how they maybe choose not to realize that they are puppets. There is a section in there where Titus reflects on why Violet watches depressing stuff about the world, He asks her why she does it if it makes her upset They don't want to feel that they have no control.
ReplyDeleteConcerning Violet and Titus' relationship, I can detect him starting to pull away from her. I don't think he can handle the "realness" of the situation.
ReplyDeleteI think your theories are interesting and have a lot of good points. I was hoping for the best too. I like what you said about dreams.
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