Feed by M.T. Anderson is an ADULT sci-fi novel about a world in the future where a new technology, called the Feed, is implanted into your brain. Feed was a boring and uninteresting book that should not be added to the already rigorous English curriculum for 9th grade students. The curriculum consists of other novels such as Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I write to parents, teachers, and school administrators because they have the ability to make
In Anderson’s Feed, most of the American population is joined to the internet with chips implanted into their brains. This might not be the first science fiction novel to explore the idea that the internet is in our brains, but it does so with an awareness of how that might affect our planet and our biological being in a very visceral, fleshy way. The feed is destroying the planet and interrupts common, basic biological functions. Not only are humans themselves decaying and humanity ceasing to exist
On Hedges side there are references to reality TV programs like “Survivor” while in Ames’s there are novels such as “Feed” by Matthew Tobin Anderson and “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. Each example of pop culture is very different with unique audiences. Many young adults enjoy watching reality TV and pretending that what they see is real, but most young adults don't fixate upon
Prologue - Wishful thinker - Someone’s POV “Ugh,” I grunted upon opening my eyes, staring at the ceiling. Tomorrow I’ll probably never see this place again. Yawning, I rose from the comfort of my bed. The sun’s bright rays are clouded by the thickness of the every present coastal fog. Gazing from my bedroom window, you could hear birds in the distance. Perks of living near the edge of the neighbourhood - animals all over the place. To be honest, I’m not a fan of nature, or very outdoorsy. But