Summary

Feed is a novel by the author M.T. Anderson. The story tells the tale of a dystopian society, set in the twenty-fifth century. In this world, 73 percent of the population has a device called the "feed" implanted in their brains, essentially connecting them to constant and unlimited internet access. The feed is also connected to users' thoughts, memories, and emotions. The feednet is owned by corporations, who have taken over much of society, including education. The users of the feed are constantly bombarded with advertisements and other forms of consumer media. Due to the corporate takeover, education and literacy rates are steeply declining, the digital divide is widening, the environment is deteriorating, and consumerism is higher than ever. People are rapidly losing their ability to think for themselves, and the feed is essentially controlling all of its users.

In the middle of this disintegrating world are a group of teens. Titus and his friends go on a spring break trip to the moon, where they meet Violet. When at a dance club, they are all hacked, and lose their feeds. The teens are unnerved by the silence, their disconnectedness from the constant stream of information and updates. Eventually, their feeds are restored, and life returns to normal, for everyone except Titus and Violet. Titus' experience on the moon changed the way he thought about the feed and society, and he begins to question the way people are living their lives. Violet received the feed late in life, at age 7, and because of this, there are issues repairing it. Her feed, which is so connected to her body and life, is slowly killing her. Violet leads a very different life from Titus and his friends, and as he begins to spend more time with her, Titus learns to see the world the way Violet does. He no longer blindly trusts the feednet and society. They fight together to maintain a semblance of individuality, and to work against the controlling consumerism of the feed.

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