Blog Assignment #2

The feed is described as knowing what you need before you do-is that what the feed is really doing?

From my personal standpiont, I don't think that the feed knows anything except to advertise products. On page 70, when the doctors and nurses were supposly fixing his feed, all the feed did was advertise products like theT44 fermion and Hardgore. When Titus was "dreaming" on page 157, his feed was even advertsiting the Swap XE-11, its doing nothing esle but advertising. And then on page 174, the feed was, once again, advertising for Cyranofeed. It was completely clear on page 246+ that all the feed wanted to do was sell products and don't care rather if their customers are alright or not. Because obviously, Violet was clearly distressed and "Nina" doesnt care about anything but advertising "perpiration-control devices." I like meg hate how the feed always wants to sell products, I want them to be responsible for their customers!

How does having the "feed" affect Titus' personality and intelligence? What passages demonstrate this?

Having the feed implanted into his brain definealty impacts really hard. I mean, he can't even think for himself, and he's like meg dependent on the feed. When Titus first saw Violet, something about her intrigued him, and he seemed like he wasn't able to think it out, and then the feed comes on and recommends "supple." On page 134, Titus didn't even know the way to Violet's house, he had to follow directions from the feed. The "feed" also made him really stupid. On page 123 when Violet and Titus were talking about the guy who had hacked them and Violet said "He died...contusions. Broken skull." Titus' reply was "What are contusions?" then he looked it up on the feed. On page 47 Titus "That's one of the great things about the feed... that you can be supersmart without ever working. Everyone is supersmart now. You can look things up automatic, like science and history, like if you want to know what battles of the Civil War George Washington fought in." Yeah, supersmart. When I read this, i was like Seriously>!@ Are people that relies too much technology that stupid? I already think that I'm stupid and Titus just made me feel smart. lol=]
Advertisements are everywhere!

Why would Violet's father want to study the dead languages?

I think the reason why her father would like to study the dead languages i because maybe he wants to preserve the diversity of lanuages. I mean considering right now, lanuages are becoming really scarce. I barely use Hmong anymore, thought I really want to preserve my lanuage, its becoming rather hard, because i'm not exposed to my Hmong heritage. Diversity is a really good thing. It wouldn't be nice if there was only one national costume, and if there was only one type of tree, only one race, or one kind of store? it's gonna="" be="" like="" going="" to="" a="" mall="" with="" only="" marts="" or="", yeah woldnt that be fun? walking into a mall, with only wal-marts? The goal of her daddy is probably to have different things, so that people won't be so bored. We all know that during the break, when they were in the hospital, there were only one painting on the wall, and Titus got meg null, because there was nothing to look at. So, I think her father is trying to resist the feed, in some sort of way, because after all, all the feed actually does is catalog people and their shopping habbits so that they can create a product in which everybody will use. (page 97)

These clips aren't directly related to the questions, but its still hs something to do with the theme of Feed.(I Think They're Both The same Robot.) Seriously, I didn't much of this but now, I'm a bit scared for Teachers! Watch out, they're also multi-lanugal. =]

Blog Assignment #1

1.)What do you notice about the language Anderson uses? What is his purpose for doing so? How is it effective?

The language that Anderson uses, I would say, is sort-of slanglish and preppy. Like instead of saying " Oh my god!," Calista says "Omigod!," and also on page 21 she says "Hon," instea of saying "Honey,"all the time. And it sort of works because draws in readers, we like "what is that dude saying?" I didn't notice it but when the class listened to the audio, I'm always thinking "This is really preppy! And it sort-of made me think that those teenagers are really Stupid!!!" i also notice the word "unit," they use it as what we teens use as "Dude!" I think the purpose of the author using that kind of language is to make the book seem more realistic, and the teens more like what we know what teens are today, stupid, arrogant and immature.

2.)Feed begins on a Friday, when out of boredom, a group of adolescents decide to spend Spring Break on the Moon at Ricochet Lounge. In what ways does this Spring Break compare with what you envision when you think of Spring Break (a major reason for going to the Moon was to go dancing)?

Feed's Sprig Break is waay' different than to what I envisioned what my spring break would look like. For one reason my spring break compared to other teenager spring break is really different. For my spring break all that I ever get to do is eat, babysit, clean the house, and thats probably it, nothing more. I guess its sort of that way because my family have only been here for 16 years. My parents are still not accustomed to their daughters going to the movies, or "having fun" because it would be considered "shameful" if a daughter does so. Ok...Getting back to FEED now, if i was a "regualar american teenager" my spring break wouldn't be that different than the in FEED, just minus the fact that they go out to the moon, because teens these day do go out to "dance/clubbing" and drink during spring break, which i don't think is any different then what the teenagers in feed are doing.

3.?What Are The "Lesions" A Reference To? What Causes Them? Is There Anything Similar Today?

Lesions to me, are sort of a reference to pimple or zits, they are something that people don't want or try to conceal. For example on page 21 Quendy totally freaked out about the lesion on her head. "Omigod! Like Big Thanks To Everyone For Not Telling Me That My Lesion Is Like Meg Completely Spreading" I think that lesions are created by the "feed" because computer chips aren't normal in us, and our body will naturally "reject it." Probably the lesions are the signs that the human body sign of resisting the feed. And the only thing that is similar to lesions are zits, pimple, or hair! And we deal with it the same way, hide, get rid of, or shave it off! =]

Hair?!@

Sometimes, I can't but wish that i didn't cut my long hair, but in the end, its the things that I don't do thatll i'll regret! I'm wating for my hair to grow again, then I'll become a model for a shampoo company. LOL =]

I Miss My "Average Hmong Girl" Hairstyle.

Finals & Spring Break!

Yay!!! Finals are over, and spring break is here! I just hope that the weather is sucky. OMG! The ending of BBF made me cry. Especially the part when Geum Jandi jumped into the pool ,she she can't even swimm!