Sunday, October 18, 2009

Hw 12 Feed A

"All good things must come to an end," is a proverb. You want to know what feed is, it is about the lives of two teenagers intertwining and ending. Whether or not Titus dies is not what this book represents. It represents a modern day romance. After all you never know what you have until it is gone. Titus never loved Violet but she did love him. She saw what no one else saw and loved him for that. But in the end that didn't matter because all good things must come to an end. We live closed off from the beauties around us is what we are told. We are told that we don't appreciate the little things in life anymore and we are becoming a more technologically dependent nation.
I think that people cant make this argument because there is two sides to every point thats why no president is ever liked by everyone. Its hard to please approximately 307,728,417 people. Everyone wants something different. In feed they make is so that everyone is happy, they look at everything you do and compare them and "make your life easier." This book shows what would happen if our addiction becomes a problem. Implanting a device in someone's brain so that they can always be connected to everyone else. This book is very similar to Brave New World because they both represent a world where everyone is happy, either by choice or by force. In feed they aren't forced to be happy, the feed makes them happy so they are sealed off from the world. But to us this happiness is wrong because they are shut out from the atrocities that are going on around them.
What is happiness though? Is it when you go out and buy that new car? Is it when you make a new friend? Could it be when you have a rare streak of good luck and find some money? To everyone it is different. But most people aren't happy about your happiness if it isn't making progress. Because if everyone just looked out for themselves then no one would be happy because this world wouldn't be able to sustain its self. To be socially acceptable you cant live that way. Like 1984 or Brave New World this book is trying to warn us of what is "impending disaster." We need to be productive members of society, not mindless droids. Either way we aren't really free so whats the point.

1 comment:

  1. Sam,

    Has a teacher ever shown you the respect of pointing out how your writing is sometimes cluttered with cliches?

    The single best thing you could do for your thinking and writing skills might be to read and really struggle with this essay:
    http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit

    Good luck!

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