The English Language In Feed By Laurie Halse Anderson

Feed is a simple four letter word in the English language; it is spoken almost every day. Though, when we do use this word it is either used as a noun or as a verb. So in a simpler context you can either give someone their feed or you can feed something. This is clearly shown in Anderson’s novel coincidently titled Feed. The civilians of this dystopian world are constantly being brainwashed with feed and are feeding into it. Therefore, the title feed can be interpreted both as a noun and as a verb and still fit properly serve its function in Anderson’s novel Feed to make people question their own morals. For starters, if the title is a noun it fits well for the reason being Anderson is trying to show his readers that people in this society

The feed allows you to browse sites, view memories, communicate telepathically with m-chatting, and is based all on your personal preferences; “It knows everything you want and hope for… before you even know what those things are” (48). Alluding to how one day today’s society may become so dependent on something, in this case technology and the people will not need to do or think about anything, but simply “have to want something and it will be yours” even if where it comes from is “bad” (48). Violet, a foil character states “You are feed… you’re being eaten!” (202). Emphasizing people will become feed like Titus and his friends proving the novel’s title could be a noun if interpreted this

The two girls are a prime example of someone who feeds into something. The girls often go “off to the bathroom to because hairstyles… changed” (20) this scene shows how people feed into the craziest of things similar to many girls in today’s society who are already starting to feed into things that should not necessarily matter nor change every five minutes. In Feed Not only is fashion being fed into, but consumerism as a whole is being fed into by the feed broadcasting advertisements at all hours. For example, lots of clothing advertisements constantly surface the feed. “Shorts… were $789.99 according to the feed… they were on sale for like $699” (34). As well as feeding into consumerism to fill a void, “I ordered pair after pair. I was ordering them as quickly as I could… I had nothing left” (293). This shows how people often feed into things they might want but not actually