Feed by M.T. Anderson: Titus and Violet

“My idea of life, it's what happens when they're rolling the credits.” - M.T. Anderson

Every book or novel that exists in the world has a main character, also known as the protagonist. It can either be a well thought out character, or a poorly made character. In my case, the book Feed has very well thought out character. The main character in this book is Titus Boyus Ordinarius. The name says it all, Ordinarius. Titus is a very ordinary, normal character as opposed to the other characters in the book. He is a very-good looking boy and has many friends. As mentioned in my second blog post, in the book Feed, almost everyone on Earth has a feed implanted in their brain, and of course Titus is one of those people. 

And just like any many other books, Titus also has a love affection for some girl he has never known. Her name is Violet and she is the main reason for this whole story to unfold. Just like in the very famous books The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and Divergent by Veronica Roth, someone does not agree with the way that they are living and they revolt against the currently placed government. Building on the parallels, the Katniss and Tris in this book is in fact, Violet. 

"They're also waiting to make you want things... it's all streamlining our personalities so we're easier to sell to... they try to figure out who you are, and to make you conform to one of their types for easy marketing... and gradually, everyone gets used to everything being basic, so we get less and less varied as people, more simple. So the corps make everything even simpler and it goes on and on."(M.T. Anderson 97). I think this quote shows that Violet is starting to figure the feed and the government out. The corporations like things easy, and they like to be able to standardize their products, which makes it easier to sell things and implant them into the feed. 

Eventually, people will take what's offered without thinking about anything. Think about McDonald's. They have the same menu in every restaurant, no matter if you are in Maine, Nebraska or California. Yet, they are one of the most successful restaurants in the US. This is what the government in Feed is essentially trying to do. For now I will close by saying that Titus joins Violet and we will see what they will now do together.