116 pages 3 hours read

M.T. Anderson

Feed

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

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Essay Topics

1.

Considering Feed was written in 2002, do you think it’s still relevant today? Why or why not? Be specific and use examples from the text.

2.

Research the state of technology and the internet in the early 2000s when the novel was written. What anxieties about technology do you think the author was responding to and why? Do you think those anxieties were reasonable? Why or why not?

3.

Often in dystopian fiction, there are certain technological elements that are enviable, even if the world itself is falling apart. What is positive or desirable about the feed or any other technological or social advancements in the novel? What makes those things positive?