"Feed's" allegory was significant because it illustrated the dependence on technology that, we as people, crave. And because we crave it, we are oblivious to daily life attributions and we stick with our one way digital motion "our fingers on keyboards."
I think "Feed's" allegory was showing individuality in one's realization of fighting against the technology, but tragecally ending in death. Tobin showed this by using Valerie as the person to come to her sences and finding out that "feed" had no purpose but only to make things worse, ironically killing her in the end. From this, I believe the message Tobin conveyed was even if we did go back and not use advance technology, we would be left back in a fast-pace generation.
"Art is not a mirror with which to reflect the world. It is a hammer with which to shape it."-Bert Brecht
I believe that "Feed" is a mirror that reflects and even foreshadows because of the parables and allegories that are similar to reality. I don't think "Feed" is a hammer that can shape our current life even though it works as a peace of art because in order for this book to be considered a hammer, drastic change has to be made to modern life decreasing human interaction with technology that our society thrives and depends on.
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Christian,
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I liked what you said and thinking about it now everything you said does make sense and i agree with what your saying. It seems to me that you got a very good understanding of the book which translated into a very good post. Overall good job.
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