Feeding Society

In today's world technology has continued to take over our lives.  People can't even have conversations anymore because all people do is sit on their phone.  It unfortunately has impacted society in a very negative way, causing people to not really communicate with each other.  People now really only communicate through text message or social media.  It's pretty sad huh?     Phone calls, writing letters, and most importantly talking in person has slowly gone away.  Now people can barely even talk without their phone, they would rather text the person even if they are across the room or in the house.  Its pretty sad.

But guess what!? It's only going to get worse!!!!

In the novel Feed the idea of technology has taken over the world.  It shows what the future could possibly look like and shows that we are already on some of these crazy technological levels! In the book humans are placed with the "Feed" in their brain which is basically a computer in your brain.  This feeds a person information and is the internet and phone all in your brain. Mind blowing I know!! but we are headed in this direction. It may seem cool but nobody wants to be forced information like the feed does.

Feeding into society...

The biggest problem about the feed is that is completely taking over society! No human can control it.  With the feed they communicate using texts, not talking.  They are always being fed information even when they don't want to be, even if they are sleeping! Imagine? trying to sleep but sources of information is constantly contacting you! The feed runs society and unfortunately anyone with power will do anything to protect the feed.  This is because the people with the power have control over the people withe the feed.  Power is important!! All anyone wants is the idea of power because you can influence others and even control them.

Titus and Violet constantly keep learning new information about the feed.  Not everyone has the feed but when you do get the feed you have to learn how to use it and eventually you learn that you stop being able to think for yourself.  Violet has the feed but has the better understanding of how human should communicate because she didn't get it till age seven, where Titus has no idea how to think for himself because he was born with the feed.  

“Now that School™ is run by the corporations, it’s pretty brag, because it teaches us how the world can be used, like mainly how to use our feeds.” (Pg. 109)

Instead of going to school to learn and decide what you want to do with your life for yourself the idea of the "feed" has changed this.  Now in school Titus explains that they learn how to use their feed's and how to get a job.  NO ONE can think for their self anymore.  It is SAD.  Instead of going to school and learning about what YOU choose to be, you learn how to use your feed, which controls your mind.  Instead of thinking for yourself the feed continues to take over.

"Only about seventy-three percent of Americans have feeds.” (pg. 109)

Violet wasn't born with the feed like many other people, she didn't get it till about age seven. Since she didn't have it since birth she knows how to think without the feed and think for herself which is important because she can still apply that even if she doesn't have the feed. Violey says a lot of people don't know about a lot going on in society because they are born with the feed and are basically robots. They never were able to think for their self because their brain was always controlled.

This makes me think A LOT! why? because if technology keeps increasing and taking over our lives now, our society may actually end up this way. I personally do not want to have a computer inside my head that controls my thoughts constantly. It makes you a robot! Nobody wants to be a robot. I like speaking to others and making my own decisions. Our society has to stop letting technology take over our lives now before it is too late!

The idea of the "Feed" just keeps getting worse and worse.  The more of an impact I see the more I cringe and hope society NEVER ends up this way! 

“The place was a mess. Everything had words on it.”(pg 135)

This is a description of Violets home. Titus is not used to seeing words and seeing a home like this because he was raised differently and has had the feed his whole life! The idea of the words all over the wall makes Titus feel uncomfortable because nobody communicates normally anymore. Communication is all done through the feed. Even if you want to talk to someone!

As a society we do not want technology to take over to the point powerful people can control us through a device. We do not want to end up to the point of no communication, no being able to think for ourselves, and never being able to shut the feed off. It is sad that society can end up this way and it just might because powerful people like to be in control and the biggest control of our lives is the idea of technology.

Force "Feed"ing information is not where we want to be.

By:Madison Wronko