Summary Of Feed By M. T. Anderson

Analyse how language features were used to reinforce an idea in the written text. “Feed” written by M.T. Anderson in 2002 is a dystopian novel set in the United States in the future where most people have computer wired to their brains. There corporate control of the media and consumer culture has consumed the minds of stereotypical teenagers such as Titus. Anderson uses Titus’ naïve first person narration, degradation of language and satire to more effectively warn us of the degrading impact consumer culture and corporate control of the media.

Anderson writes the novel in mostly the naïve first person view of Titus so that we can better understand how the feed affects him and his understanding of the world. “We went to the moon to have fun,

He strips himself in his room in rage and just sat in the middle of the floor, ordering the same draft pants over and over again until he ran out of credit. This is when he finally realizes that the consumption of goods and services can no longer numb or overpower his pain and longing for his only meaningful partner. Tragically, Titus finally realizes this “and for the first time, I started crying” and learns to resist the feed only after it was too late. Anderson has used Titus’ naïve first person narration along with the degradation of language to tragically show the degrading impact consumer culture and corporate control of the media have on the society of the

They got bigger and redder when she moved” just to impress others. Titus’ mother is losing “so much skin you could see her teeth even when her mouth was closed”. This is done so Anderson can meaningfully transition the novel and set it up for the final blow, an emotional and tragic conclusion where the reality of his warning is fully illustrated by Violet’s death and Titus’ small however significant change. Anderson’s warning is much more emotionally impactful, powerful and effective with the humour of his satire contrasting against a frustrating and grim tragedy. This is as opposed to just telling us the dangers of consumer culture and corporate control of the media which would have left the novel unenjoyable like Shakespeare without comic