Titus and his upper class friends are hooked into the “feed” 24/7 and can purchase clothing and movies, watch TV shows and even “chat” each other through this implant in their brain- no computer or phone needed and there is no reason to open your eyes.
They live in a future United States where suburbs are stacked on top of each other and encased in separate bubbles via economic strata- the rich live higher up and the poor actually know what the ground looks like. The book opens with Titus and his friends taking a spring break trip to the moon, and the jaded teens visit bars, get high electronically and shop with the credit in their heads. School has been privatized and only teaches kids how to be good consumers. Sounds “meg awesome” right? Maybe not, as what appears to be a satirical, light- hearted story becomes increasingly horrifying.
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A CLASS DIVIDED VIDEO – Watch in order to respond in a synthesis paper: Compare and contrast your education, the education in Feed and in Jane Elliot’s classroom in “A Class Divided.” Would the experiment conducted in Jane Elliot’s classroom in the 1960’s be allowed today?
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