Blog Prompt 2

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

The feeds just tell/ advertise things to him to buy stuff that he will be interested in. His personality is not very much affected by the feed, but his intelligence is seriously AFFECTED by the feed. For example, when Titus, his friends, and Violet were all in a cell. Violet told Titus about the dead languages and Titus did not have one clue what it is. Also when Violet took out a piece of paper and a pen from her bag Titus looked at her weird. And he said that he can read a little, but protested in School(TM). This example from the book show how not intelligence Titus is without the feed.

• Respond to page 97. Relate this to marketing tactics in today's society. What is your "type?" What ads would you get if you had a "feed?" How often would you chat? How would chatting affect modern day communication?

Business people also use commercials to get consumerism to buy their products. Basically, the same tactics is used to make people buy products.

My types would just be manga books, clothing, electronics, art materials, and cleaning materials.

The ads that I would probably get are book store ads, clothing and electronic ads, and cleaning ads.

If I had a feed I would not chat a lot. Probably, about 20 minutes to one hour per five days.

How chatting affects modern day communication is that there would be not a lot of noises. When they chat next to each other it seems as if there is a very long silence between them. like they have nothing else to do besides sitting. If it is a far away chatting people do not know what the other person's, who they are chatting to, emotions and facial expression would look like. Chatting would totally change the way people talk with one another.

• "Now that School(TM) is run by the corporations, it's pretty brag, because it teaches us how the world can be used, like mainly how to use our feeds" (p.90). In what ways does school and society teach us how to use the world? Why is consumer culture so strong? Why is it beneficial for companies to teach people how to consume? How is it dangerous?

School and society teaches us how we are going to hold the economy together.School teaches us how to go to college and find a suitable job for ourselves. Society gives us experiences.

consumer culture is strong because most people are easily influenced by the commercial ads.

It is beneficial because they will have money to pay their workers and enough money to produce some more products.

It is dangerous because not all the products that are produced help the economy.

Blog prompt 1

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

What I notice about the language Anderson uses is that it sounds very blondy-like. I also notice that the characters keep saying, the words, "null, unit, dadada, meg, mal, and like" when they speak. I think his purpose for doing so is that in this book new and improved technology are used, so why not use words that people rarely speak. It is effective because as of now not many people uses those short words when talking, except for like and probably null. I was very surprised when I was reading those words over and over.

• In what ways does this Spring Break compare with what you envision when you think of Spring Break?

I think that this spring break that Titus and his friends are having is totally not a spring break at all. Sure people wants something fun to do over the break, but going to the moon is way out of the league. When I think of spring break I think of sunny, cold, windy, and warm. For me, spring break is the time to clean my house and be lazy. Both of our way to spend spring break is very different from one another. Titus and his friends spend their time and money on the moon, while I work hard and be lazy.

• What are the science fiction elements on this novel. Why is it categorized as sci fi?

The science fiction elements are the feed chips, going to the moon in an upcar, being able to m-chatting with one another. It is categorized as sci fi because the scientific technology that the book have can not be invented and made into real life.

sleepy

i am sleepy and i do not want to do anythingright now.
even eatingbut im also hungry.
i hate this man. everyone always interrupt me whenever i have something important to do!!!!
im pissed!!!
im F***en hungry and MAD!!! and sleepy.
and tired.
sh** dont want to eat.
too lazy to eat.
ugh!!!
today sucks!

My Memories

Do you remember the first time you start to remember things around you?
Like for example, you do not remember everything from when you were born.
And then, all of a sudden you just see and know and remember things around you.
Don't you find that kind of weird?
And mysterious?
Going on, my first time remembering my life so far is skipping down the stairs and running into the living room.
I was small, and I don't know how old I was.
I believe I went upstairs to get something....and was happy?
And......CUT!!!!
That was my first time I remembered about my life.
Weird that it is still stuck in my head for almost 16 years.
The image is kind of fuzzy but I can still make it out.
I think I was wearing a pink shirt and had short hair.
So...I was wondering, when my little brother, who's 3 years old, grows older what will he remember first?