To all those that resist the feed....

Having the feed affects Titus in many ways his personalty (especially his personality ..) and of course his intelligence. In many ways his personality is how could I say this..it is a personalty that does not make him care about anything. For example before he met Violet in the beginning of the book he did not care about anything, he just felt sleepy and tried to ignore his friends from the stupid things they were doing. Having the feed makes Titus more of an idiot (well idiot would not be the right word..) I would say it makes him not be himself and the feed does not really let him think for himself and therefore have his own identity. I would say the feed is preventing Titus from developing his own personality because since he was little and since they but the feed in his brain...the feed has made him into who he really is now, this also goes for his intelligence. For example when Titus says and questions that George Washington was not alive during the civil war... also when Violet tells him she has been malfunctioning since the incident the only thing Titus can said is, "Oh shit" (Which is very smart to say..). The feed also has limited Titus intelligence and his surroundings. For example when he went to Violets house he said "The place was a mess. Everything had words on it..." as well as, " their sun was up and the sky was peeling..". Well overall the feed has been prevented Titus to see the truth ..and his potential..identity....

Well school and society has teached us how to use the world in many ways. In my opinion society has taught us to use the world for our own benefits. For example the companies that exist in our world..the corporations ..for example the fuel business, which has lead to global warming ( so now we are screwed and our future generations are also in trouble...me..). Here is a video about Global Warming (sorry I could not download the video...). A positive example that society teaches us how to use the world would be education and how that could lead us to a better future. Unlike in Titus world, the feeds have everything and so the only things they have to "learn" is how to use the feeds and that is school for them. But at the same time they really do not have their own knowledge or even their own memory because the corporations own everything . I think consumer culture is so strong because that is the way the world..society keeps its self running. If there was not any consuming then people would not be employed which would lead to very bad things. For example there would be more crimes and no job. It is the consumer culture that keeps people rich and poor. People want to become more rich and so do more things like more advertisements to get rich..and people get more poor because they fall for those things. I would say it is very beneficial for companies to teach how to consume because that is how they would grow and be in good shape. If for example they stop advertising their products who knows what would happen to the companies. For example the advertisements they do for smokers (this is where it gets dangerous..) The companies know that the smoking is very bad for peoples health and can cause cancer...death..but they still keep selling and advertising ..are they just wanting to kill people for only money..(well it seems like it ..). They should stop being selfish and stop killing people.

In the chapter called Boring Titus thinks the boat picture is boring because he has no longer the feed and he cannot see anything interesting about it. He cannot think for himself anymore. This shows that the feed has taken over him. Like I said before he has not fully developed his own identity because his feed has been preventing him from getting his own identity. It seems that

he never really seen things for himself ..only with the feed ..and now he has the opportunity to think for himself but cannot really see anything ..no feeling ..emptiness. The picture of the boat suppose to be life...normal..nature..natural..but Titus has been only in this world of the feed he cannot see beyond the picture. It would be the same thing if people that have never been to a third world country would go and (well I guess it would be different because they will feel something ..) seeing from another point of view...in another persons shoes...

Titus

Well we can say Titus is a ..well..kind of thinks for himself and he can see more than what other people can see. For example he thinks his friends are stupid and dumb from the things they do and what they say. In some ways he feels kind of different because in the beginning of the book he just wants to go to sleep and feels embarrassed of the things his friends are doing. In some ways he does not want to be a part of it. He is not a follower he likes to do things his own way and not let other people tell him what to do. For example in chapter..the others in mal..he refuses to do what his friends were doing and instead just leaves the room. In terms of background Titus and his friends come from between middle and rich class. Well Marty is kind of like the jock ( he reminds me of the jock in breakfast club who is an athlete and is popular..also from many other movies...), he is good at everything and so annoying because he is good at everything and is an athlete. Link is described as "butt-ass ugly" and we also learn that he is the clone of Abe Lincoln and of course he is rich. He is very dumb on the things he does ..but the two girls Calista and Loga are always with Link...flurting..Calista well...we can say in many ways she is a bitch..she is very self-centered, and very out spoken ( in the categorize of jock, nerds ...she can fall in the popular mean girl type...a little different from the girl in the breakfast club ..she was more of a princess popular girl...). Quendy on the other hand she is very much a follower and as stated on the novel she is "economy model" or in other words she wants to be like Calista and so uses stuff..like clothes and other things stores offer her..to be just like Calista. while Loga is more of a quiet person and well use to date Titus. Violet in the other hand is very different from everyone. She can think for her self instead of the feeds telling her what to do and she is very intelligent. She is a thinker and is not dependent on the feed almost at all. Violet wants to be normal because she does not have all the things the feeds have to offer. She is not in the same crazy world Titus and his friends are that is so called "normal..". For example normal for Titus and his world is as stated in the novel " ..just normal stuff, like people walking and talking on their feeds..". People using the feed for almost everything, and buying things as stated in the novel that they didn't even know they needed. In the "normal"world they don't even have privacy and do not own their own thoughts because the feeds are owned by the companies. Furthermore Violet is home-schooled unlike Titus and his friends go to school where they learn more about the feed and how to use it .





I think the author chose the names he did because it reflects their personality and the kinds of people there are in the society in the book and maybe even today. For example Violet is a color, and the name for a flower..so nature ..normal,..real..wich reflects Violet the one that is viewed by the reader as "normal" in today's world. She can think for her self and the feed does not really influence her decisions. She has some similar personalities personalities like Violet from the book A Serious of Unfortunate Events. She is smart , an inventor, and thinks for herself. Violet the name of a flower which is nature or natural that is opposite of technology..man made. While Titus ties back to history, Titus historically speaking was an emperor and was an early christian convert that helped Paul in his missionary work. While Titus in the novel sees the world he is living in is "normal" but at the same time he is starting to see the world a little different since Violet came to his life, even though he does not agree to some things Violet says..like the talk about democracy and how the world they are living in is not democracy as Violet said.

The "lesions" are basically references to the skin problems that people have from using the feeds. But it is used as fashion to cover up what really is happening to the people that are using the feeds. So instead of doing something about it they cover it up through style, as stated in the novel .."The girl 's lesion was beautiful. It was like a necklace. A red choker." It is red and it weeps as stated in the noble. Yes there are many things similar to this today. For example people say that plastic surgery is good so you can look young an beautiful..but that is not true at all, it is not true beauty...and well plastic surgery sometimes can go very bad and deadly people still do this stuff..and so people cover it up by saying it is worth and you look pretty and everyone will like you ( yeah sure...everyone will think that person is fake and plastic...). Another example would be people being anorexic and dieing from it. Why?...because the entertainment world tells everyone that being skinny is in and everyone needs to be in a diet since nobody looks like the person in a magazine..(and nobody will because that is fantasy..). So instead of doing something about like changing their ideas of what the world is like , instead of saying how the world should be like..they still keep going on about skinny people and how that in someway is beautiful..which is very sad.
This is one of the webs that I found that demonstrates what beauty is...as an example
Also to see a video (since I cannot upload it ..) these is a good video that shows a "lesion" in todays world...