Feed Thoughts...Again...

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How are you doing today? I'm doing okay. I would just like to say that this will be just like the previous post. It will be about Feed by M.T.Anderson. If you are still wanting to read the book I suggest that you skip this post (again, I'm sorry) to avoid spoilers. If you are going to read this post because you have read the book or you are not going to that I would like to warn you that one of the quotes from the book has a swear word in it.

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Quotes	Page #	Comments
“…I was currently disconnected from feednet, of course, and I was starting to get scared…”	43	I think that the quote means that the people with the Feed are extremely dependent on the Feed.  The first thing Titus does is check his Feed, before he even opens his eyes. The quote says that when he couldn’t access anything, he freaked. That is similar to real life, if there is not internet connection for about 5 minutes I’m convinced that the world is ending, but I’m not scared. This book could be our future.
“’What do we do?’ she asked.  I didn’t know.”	44	I think that this is another comment on the dependence on the Feed that the people have. Without the Feed helping Titus, he had no idea what to do. I think that she was Violet. I kind of find this moment a cool insight into Violet, she wasn’t too proud to confess that she didn’t know what to do.
“I couldn’t figure out even the littlest reason to paint a picture like that.”	45	Art is meant to have emotional meaning to the artist. It is meant to express emotions; I don’t think that Titus knew that. There is always a reason to paint something. I don’t think that Titus was taught about emotions in products in school like we often are. There is always a reason to paint. I also think that the boat painting must be important to the story.
“He [Police officer] told us that we would be off-line for a while until they could see what had been done…	46	For some reason, this quote makes me suspicious of the government in power. The police express little concern for the people, but a lot of concern for the Feed. The quote goes on to say that the Feeds were checked for viruses and things of that nature.
“…it knows everything you want and hope for…Everything we think and feel is taken in by corporations…it’s no good getting pissy about it, because they’re still going to control everything whether you like it or not.”	49	The Feed sounds awesome, but also like our internet in the sense that it collects our information. I think that Titus’ look on the Feed is very strange. He doesn’t seem to care, or at least he believes that he can’t do anything and therefore won’t try. He’s at peace with the fact that corporations control all mostly because the product is enjoyable. I almost agree with him, having a Feed must be awesome.
“I had a few pages cached, from right before the feed stopped.”	50	This guy is still mentioning the Feed. In this quote, he misses it so much that he is going through pages he bookmarked. I kind of find this sad, but I can relate. When the Wi-Fi goes out I try to do things that I have already downloaded so that I can still experience the internet.
“I wanted to say something to cheer her up…I was thinking of how sometimes, trying to say the right thing to people, it’s like some kind of brain surgery, and you have to tweak exactly the right part of the lobe.”	53-54	I understand him completely. I always wonder what is the right thing to say. Sometimes silence is best. I hate that the right word or tweak to the lobe can absolutely make or break a person. I also think that it is sweet that Titus wants to see her happy. He really seems to like her, however, I would like to say that he has only known her for like 2 days.
“’This is… Dude,’ he [Titus’ dad] said. “’Dude, this is some bad sh*t.’”	54	I find the Dad hilarious. My father would never say anything like this. He hates it when I call him dude, so he would never say it to me and he never swears. I like that the Dad is portrayed in the way he is. Maybe this is normal behavior for parents in this world?
“’Maybe these are our salads days.’…’You know. Happy.’ ‘What’s happy about a salad?’… She shrugged. ‘Ranch’”	60	I don’t really know what it is about this metaphor, but I found it hilarious and meaningful. I’m glad that Violet can see the bright side to things like the situation they are in now and salad. I may not be the biggest fan of Ranch, but I get the analogy, and I love it.
“…I guess you could call it a courtyard or terrarium? But a long time ago the glass ceiling over the terrarium has cracked, and so everything was dead…Everything was gray…’Isn’t it beautiful’?”	62	I don’t know if I would have found the scene beautiful. As I read the quote, I was very confused because I didn’t sound beautiful at all. I then took into consideration that the idea of beauty could be different to each person. I also find it interesting they found gray to be beautiful, I often find black things to be beautiful. I think that colors that you like are supposed to say something about your personality. I wonder what liking black/gray says about mine/theirs.
“I can read. A little.”	65	So what do they teach him at school? The quote goes on to say that he protested it at school, but I didn’t include it. I think that the people are too dependent on the Feed. The very fact that Titus was so chill about not being able fully read is weird. I can’t imagine not being able to read, even though there are illiterate people in the world. At least we try to help them become literate. Don’t the people read the Feed?
“The salad days couldn’t last forever.”	68	Again my favorite metaphor ever! I love this, I’m going to start using this. I also agree with the statement. I’ve always heard that everything can’t always be fine and dandy.  I really wish it could. I also think that this was an effective way to start the chapter.

Sooooo, I guess that's it for now. I hope you enjoyed. Again I'm sorry if you couldn't read it. I hope you have an amazing day! Write you later!

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