Feeding You Numero 2

When talking about Feed you can either look at it in 2 ways. It can be seen as a mirror image of society because it's showing us what we look like in reality. It can slso be a hammmer because it is showing us in an exagerated form (at least I think) what our society is like therefore we may want to change it. Either way you look at it your bound to be write because both points of views can be given evidence from the book to show the perspective. I think that it's a both of them mixed together. Tobin might have been trying to create a mirror/hammer where the reader might want to use the hammer to crack the mirror (I hope you get what I mean).

So first let's talk about how you can see Feed as a mirror. The fact that the book is written about the generation of now is one example. I also think that the way he uses certain language can show how the Feed is about society now. The Feed can be a hammer because even though it is hitting a lot of major points that's wrong with our generations, I also think it was a bit exagerated such as the "feed" being part of their brain (although I do get the allegory saying that we are never to far from technology). This to me is some of the reasons why Feed could be both a mirror and a hammer.

Now the question is can a mirror be a hammer and I think the answer is yes. Feed showed me personally a lot of things about the way our world works nowadays such as detachment from human emotions electronics give us. I know people that can have heart to heart through texting. That to me is you still hiding behind an electronic to cover up emotions. Mirror images such as Titus ignoring Violet when she was malfunctioning compare to me ignoring my friend's text about her pathetic love life in order to not deal with it. These images however give me an insight about our society and where it's headed. Which makes me want to change the way I use or how much technology I use. Therefore making it a hammer by shaping the way I think about the book and electronic devices.

I would want my art to be a mirror and a hammer. I think this way it shows people and can also help them or make them realize some things about life or whatever it is my art may be about.

P.S.I really enjoyed the book Andy. = D

Feed Me Numero 1

Do you act like the kids in Feed?
The book was based on teenagers and how much they use electronics in their everyday lives. How kids nowadays are constantly connected to the cyber world. I think this was an allegory of how people all over the world now act. It wasn't just kids that were constantly connected to the cyber world. It was also adults that had the "feed". The book described us as arrogant, self-absorbed, stubborn, and detached human beings. In some cases I think we do seem like that in a sense. We hide behind our phones and ipods from people and the world outside of the computer. Everyone is connected to this 24/7 access to the whole world and fashion and gossip. This is just how it is for us. We hear all the gossip or new trends from the tv or computer. We like to be "up to date" with what's going on. Kids then become so obsessed with things like this that they stop caring about the important things like the environment.

I also think by making Titus seem like such a jerk the author did a good job at showing how kids are so robotic with certain things like feelings. We don't know how to react to certain actions or problems so we run away from them. He ignored Violet when she was going through a crisis and even lied about her memories. It seems so realistic though because even I will admit to having ignored someone's text message and than lying about receiving it. We block off people and than blame it on electronics. I also can compare to Quendy following the "lesion" trend. Sometimes there are outrageous trends that people come up with and everyone follows it to stay "hip" and fit in. But even when she pays someone to cut her up she still doesn't get what she wants. i think this would be an allegory of how far we are willing to go in order to get something we want.

Showing that the adults also have feeds is an allegory of how everyone is dependent on technology. Even the old people that say the younger generation are too dependent don't notice that they use it as well. The language that the adults use is also an allegory of how they are conforming into teenagers. By using our words and iming each other. Another allegory that the adults show is how ignorant the father was about how important trees are to the world. He completely shutted out the idea of trees being important. I think this whole book is an allegory of our world.

Read or listen to music??!! This may be a life-threatening decision people..

So for my expirement I decided to try and choosing between reading and music instead of doing both. So for example when I'm on the train I have my headphones in but I'm reading. I pay attention to the book more than the ipod but at the same time it's more digital stimulation than I need. So I decided that I would do only one at a time. This made it both awkward and better for me. It was better in the sense that I remembered more things from the book and I didn't pause to listen to a certain part of the song while reading. This was also good because instead of just skipping parts in the book I didn't understand I now decided to go back and reread it to understand. It was more awkward because when I picked my ipod over the book, I found myself looking at people on the train. Or trying to entertain myself by reading the signs which didn't really work. This expirement in the end, ended up being less painful than I would have thought. This is kind of an awkward post so I'll stop while I'm ahead.

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CHLOEEEEE
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I had to start the comment like that for some reason. Anyways, thanks Chloe for taking the time out of your day to comment and have the comment actually be wroth something. The fact that it all didn't fit into one comment thingy shows that you really took your time and thought about what you would write. Thanks again for this. Your comment was thoughtful and helpful.

Thank you for helping me develop my writing. I'll admit that I didn't really try on the writing because I was trying to do it fast but thanks for reading it anyways. You asking me all those questions really got me thinking about how I could have furthered my writing. It also made me think about the future for my siblings with all the use of their digital stimulation. I wouldn't want them to zone out the way I do or maybe even not be able to communicate socially because they are too dependent on electronics. I do agree with you about my brother focusing on the tv at such a young age. Even though he doesn't know what it is he enjoys watching it for short periods of time and by sitting him in front of the tv we are encouraging it. I'm going to try to get him out of that habit at least while I'm at home because my parents don't see it being a problem.

I see that we both are addicted to digital stimulation. You, more so the passive digital interaction rather than me with interactive digital stimulation. Both however tend to distract us from the more important things that need to be taken care of.

So I see that we are both wondering about our (I'm going to use your word) digital pacifier. I can see how it can be a comfort to you because I feel the same way but I'm not sure why we feel like this. Or why anyone in general feels the need for digital stimulation. It seems to me it's just because we are so accustomed to it.

So peace out honey bunches of oats. Thanks again for doing your work. It's greatly appreciated.