Out with the Old, In with the New

Out with the Old, in With the New 

Once I finished the novel feed all I could think about was out with the old in with the new! Violet's old feed that she could not afford to update completely malfunctioned!  As Violet was at a party with Titus her feed started to act up causing her body to react badly.  She started having a seizure and could not move some of her body parts at all! Unfortunately we see that she starts to lose memories more and more and sadly she was going to die.   

 The idea of learning that since her feed was old and could not be updated really frustrated me.  It reminded me of having an Iphone for about two years.  Once a brand new Iphone came out, the one you had for two years started acting up.   

Why does this happen?

  

This happens because the Apple corporation wants you to buy their brand new product instead of keeping your old one.  The corporation only has eyes for money.  They purposely don't make their products last so you have to update to the new and improved product that they have out.  This is just like the idea of the Feed.   The Feed as we see completely malfunctions if you do not update it or if you do not buy a new one.  But in this case it doesn't cost you a couple hundred for a phone, it's your LIFE! 

In our world today we think it's the end of the world if our phone stops working, but imagine if your whole body stopped working!  This just proves that the world they live in with the feed is out of CONTROL!! 

“I don’t know.  The whole brain is tied in to the feed. The whole brain, like the memory and the part that makes you move and the part for your emotions.” (page 222)  

The fact that who you are and your life is controlled by the feed is crazy!  I thought it was crazy that the feed could control thoughts, any information given, and who could communicate with you.  But learning that the feed is tied into the brain to the point you could die if it stops working properly is absolutely crazy!!  A piece of technology should not control if you live or not.  This just shows if we let technology and corporations continue to get out of control this is what could happen to our world! Not only will we be controlled with our thoughts and what they want us to hear but this tiny computer could control your life if you don’t update it like the corporations want you to.  

“Maybe, Violet, if we check out some of the great bargains available to you through the feednet over the next six months, we might be able to create a consumer portrait of you that would interest our investment team. How ‘bout it, Violet Durn? Just us, you and me – girls together! Shop till you stop and drop!” (page 247) 

This quote just proves the fact that corporations only care about money.  It is sad to know that corporations are already like this today.  The novel shows into the future and the fact that the idea of the book is already just like our everyday life is scary!  In our world today corporations only care about making money and spending as little of their own money as possible. 

  

 “We Americans are interested only in the consumption of our products. We have no interest in how they were produced, or what happens to them, what happen to them once we discard them, once we throw them away” (290). 

Once again corporations only care about $$$$.  Everyone in the novel is blind!  They do not care about what goes on behind the scenes of corporations, all they care about is having the brand new shiny product.  They do not care how it is made or any of the consequences that could come.  All they care about is upgrades and the brand new product.  Titus and Violet learn new things about the Feed every day.  They don't know all the consequences or how it entirely looks.  The Feed cost violet her life.  I bet she didn't know that when she got it.  The world is blind and it already is today when it comes to products.  We do not care how these products are made, what happens to them, if they are entirely safe, nothing!  Everyone is BLIND.  The main focus is buying what you need and getting the new products, whether you know anything about them or not. 

Out with the Old, In with the New 

This whole idea is illustrated throughout the entire book because of corporations.  They can control you just like they can control us today.  Instead of the world continuing to be blind to this matter, everyone needs to wake up! We do not want the feed in the future so we need to stop being controlled now. 

-Madison Wronko