FEED Characters - Please provide the name of ONE of the main characters in the story, and 5 descriptive adjectives about that character.
VIOLET - quiet, intuitive, old-fashioned, pretentious, environmental/green, and pretty
FEED Vernacular - Please provide THREE "slang" terms used in FEED, and brief IYOW definitions for each. (Example: "brag" = cool, hot, super nifty, boss, really keen.)
"low-grav" = a hip place where the gravity is low and people can float around,
"null" = bored/boring,
"meg" = short for "mega", very, in-excess, big, important
FEED LIKE Our World - Please make a list of THREE specific different ways the FEED world looks like our own 21st century culture.
- The feed world is still primarily on planet earth
- There are still vegetation (forests and jungles), as well as the people trying to knock them down and the people trying to keep them standing.
- Humans still show effection towards eachother (i.e. families still have sit-down dinners and choose their welcomed guests and dating/love still exists)
FEED UNLIKE Our World - Please make a list of THREE specific different ways the FEED world looks UNlike our own 21st century culture.
- the Feed transmitter in human brains give them the ability to communicate without spoken or written words; the written word is obsolete. language is dying.
- personal vehicles can fly in the Feed world and they are called "upcars".
- much of the world's air supply is produced through factories.
FEED Themes - Please make a list of THREE big media-related themes FEED's author, M.T. Anderson, highlights in his book.
- Copyright - many resources such as "School" and "Clouds" have trademark logo's next to them. These words/titles have been purchased and are starting a trend.
- Corporate Greed - corporations have bought out all previously public elements such as school, government, etc.
- Pollution - humans have taken over the solar system and are continuing to break down natural elements to make room for man made machines and new technology.
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