MY ESSAY FOR THE FINAL

MY FEED CONTAINS A LOT OF THINGS SUCH AS: FOOD, CLOTHES, TECHNOLOGY, QUOTES,CELEBRITIES. I CHOSE THESE THINGS BECAUSE IT'S MOST OF THE STUFF THAT I LOVE AND CANT LIVE WITHOUT. WHEN I THINK OF AMERICA AND IT COMES TO THESE KINDS, WE LIKE A LOT OF MATERIAL THINGS AND PUT MATERIAL THINGS BEFORE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE. OUR LIVES ARE SURROUNDED BY THESE KINDS OF THINGS AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE CARE ABOUT MATERIAL THINGS AND ITS KIND OF THE REASON WHY AMERICA HAS A BAD REP. HOW DOES MEDIA, CONSUMERISM, RELIANCE ON TECHNOLOGY AFFECT ME? IT AFFECTS ME A LOT BECAUSE JUST LIKE OTHER PEOPLE WITHOUT THESE THINGS I PROBABLY COULDNT SURVIVE LIKE I LITERALLY WOULDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF. ITS LIKE WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR CELL PHONE LIKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU LOST EVERYTHING YOU HAD OR WHEN THE INTERENT OR CABLE IS CUT OFF YOU SIT THERE BORED AND DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR SELF. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE THAN THOSE THINGS. WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT ME? IT SAYS THAT I COULD PERSONALLY TRY TO LIVE BETTER AND NOT FOCUS SO MUCH ON MATERIAL THINGS. ITS LIKE EVERYWHERE I HAVE TO HAVE A CELL PHONE AND CAMERA OR IPOD. I COULD GO WITHOUT THOSE THINGS BUT I CHOOSE NOT TO . I THONK THE MORAL OF THE STORY SOMEWHAT IS THAT THINGS DONT LAST FOREVER NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. SOMETIMES YOU LOVE THINGS SO MUCH AND YOU DONT REALIZE IT UNTIL ITS GONE AND THEN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WELL SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN ANYWAY TO GET MY ATTENTION SO DONT GET SO CAUGHT UP IN THINGS.ITS NOT GOING TO ALWAYS BE THERE. IN THE WORLD OF THE STORY NO PEOPLE ARE NOT ANYTHING WITHOUT THE FEED. THEY CLEARLY DONT KNOW HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT IT. THE FEED DOES EVERYTHING FOR THEM SO THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT IT, SURVIVE WITHOUT IT. WITHOUT THE FEED THEY ARE DUMB. ITS LIKE WHEN THEIR FEEDS WERE HACKED THEY DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO ITS LIKE THE BARLEY KNOW HOW TO TALK THEY THINK ITS WEIRD. EVERYTHING MUST GO? NOTHING LAST FOREVER NOT EVEN PEOPLE IN THE END EVERYONE IS GOING TO DIE AND TRENDS DIE DOWN...THINGS CHANGE..ITS LIKE NEW THINGS GET OLD..BUT YEA LIKE I SAID NOTHING IS GOING TO STICK AROUND FOR A LIFETIME..EVERYTHING MUST GO.

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where ever you go no matter where you go there will always be a CELL PHONE in sight..

TEXTING..The thing a lot of people in the world love to do..It's a way of commnicating and entertainment but its a big distraction..I cant even stay away from it in school when I should be learning.

Some people just love computers..Me and Apree couldn't even do our work for playing with the effects and seeing what crazy things the computer can do. Another thing people do for entertainment..watch T.V.Its a good thing to have t.v's because you learn from it for instance watching the news..but it could be bad..movies of things that are untrue sometimes.

This is how the world communicates most of the time through some type of PHONE..It could even be a cell phone. If you dont have a phone or computer you dont really have a way of communicating unless you have a pen,paper,and address..lol

GAMES are things that people buy just to have some kind of entertainment..{we were playing the wii game} game systems can become very addicting to some people especially children.

One thing the world uses the most to survive.The COMPUTER helps create a lot of things. It also can take over peoples lives and become addicting. This is the "feed" we use now days.. You see computers everywhere you pretty much go..

People need MUSIC (ipods)to function..Its just apart of everyday life..It helps emotions for cetain feelings.

One thing most people in the world can't live without..a CAMERA, it helps save memories of life,you can even record instead of taking pictures.

...Reflection...

The story that my images tell is that technology is used a lot in the world today and in a lot of different ways. My theme is Technology Takes Over The Mind. I think it is true that technology takes over the mind because there is not one person in the world that cant live without it. Computers you use them to communicate, create things for the world. Calculators you dont even really have to learn math anymore it does it for you. Music you can take it anywhere you go. Cell phones are like mandatory now in life its like if you dont have one then your lame. I chose these pictures because some of them have me in them and shows how I love technology and im not the only person in the world affected by it. By the way a camera is part of technolgy, there was even a camera in sight showing me use technology it just something that is needed in the world. My feelings about technology is that we could definatley use less of it because we are not really able to do things on our own we have technology to do it for us.Even though we have technology to do things for us we should learn to do these things on our own just in case because technology brakes down its not always possible that it's gonna be there....

2nd blog for feed

Violet and Titus' conversation on democracy and republic and how he think she thinks he dumb..DUMBOCRACY

The feed does affect Titus' personality and intelligence in a bad way. When I was reading the book and Titus and Violet were having a conversation about the democracy and republic, Titus didn't really know what he was talking about until Violet told him. After that conversation he started to feel dumb. When Violet was telling him that she got the feed when she was seven Titus said "holy shit" I can kind of tell from reading that, that Titus couldn't imagine life without the feed and he wouldn't know how to act without the feed because he is not able to think on his own.
Violet's project is that she is going to mess with her feed because she know it is messed up from when the guy touched them. Violet decides that she is going to look at stuff and not purchase it. When the feed see's what kind of stuff Violet likes that is how they market her but they cant market her because she keeps playing around with the feed. What does this tell me about Violet? It tells me that she has more sense than other people to know that they are marketing her. She does think for herself which is a good thing because the other kids dont. Titus isnt really sure whats going on with the project but when they got to the mall he finally started to catch on.

Titus' reponse to them buying him a upcar was he was happy and when they got to the car place he didn't know which one to choose. The reason that they bought him a upcar i think is stupid.They bought him a upcar basically because they wanted to release stress from when the man hacked all of the feeds and they wanted him to forget about it and not think about so thats the reason he got it. But a situation like this does not necessarily happen in real like and people dont really forget things.Other than that Titus was happy and especially being with violet that day.

When Violet's father uses the word "dude" it does stick out compared to "unit". I think the author used this word to show how people back in the day used to talk compared to the way they live in the future. I think this book also shows that this is how the future might be, Its kind of the same when we look at our parents and they say something old and we have a new term for it all the time. It just kind of reflects how life is today.