hw 13 feed b

Feed uses various subtle sometimes unnoticed artistic decisions to get his ideas, and message across. one major aspect of feed is MT Anderson's ability to depict the way outside objects can control the inside life of a person. Another unique thing Anderson did in the book was periodically add different news pieces to give the reader an understanding of what is going on in the world.

This book attempts to shine a light on the problems the author sees with society, a job of art. however in some ways it is a little extreme and a stretch. his use of making it look as if everyone is dumber because of the feed as a little too wide a claim. At the same time one thing I especially enjoyed and found clever was the trademark symbols put after the words school cloud. I think it did a good job in giving the reader knowledge about this essentially new world. Putting the tm near by any word implies corporate presence but to put it on a cloud, an object of nature not man is unbelievable in this age and scary to think about.

I think another advantage to using the teen style language and slang through out the book like "Meg" or "Brag" or "Null" is it helps the youth readers of the book, especially those around the age of Titus and who have similar habits (I.E. obsessive texting, addicted to t.v. etc.) to see exactly how closely they resemble the characters of the book who are portrayed as Dumb, and dependent on the feed. Which is why I think it more important for a teen to read Feed rather that an adult who wasn't born and raised in a completely digital world. Even without the knowledge that this was written as an allegory for today's digital obsession the similarities are still evident.