Feed

**//Feed//** Facilitator: Kristie Wright Room Assignment: Student Enrollment: Titus – narrator. Ends up with a new upcar after trauma on the moon Violet - late in life (7), her feed is installed. Violet now lacks compatibility (and corporate support) to continue with the feed. Link- linked to Abe Lincoln due to wealthy parents and genetic cloning. Experimentally TALL. Also linked to sausage because of his looks. Marty –athletic, plays video games. Swears like a sailor.  Calista - in competition with Quendy for Link  Quendy – her parents have a midlife crisis (p. 77).  Loga – Titus once dated her. Untouched by the hacker on the moon.  Steve-narrator’s dad. Frequently absent from home life, often on whale hunting adventures Narrator’s mom – Caught in a relationship with a childish, adulterous husband. Smell Factor- Younger brother of Titus. Violet’s father – teaches Dead Languages. Relatively low in terms of socioeconomic status, location in suburbia (on land), and value to society. “I am master of all I survey” (p. 137).
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__Possible Discussion Questions__ GENERATION TITUS: a. Feed begins on a Friday, when out of boredom, a group of adolescents decide to spend Spring Break on the Moon at Ricochet Lounge. In what ways does this Spring Break compare with what you envision when you think of Spring Break (a major reason for going to the moon was to GO DANCING)? b. LACKING APPRECIATION/FEELING ENTITLEMENT – Find some examples of characters in this book lacking appreciation or feeling as if they were entitled to something (“it sucks” to go to the moon, despite cost; “We should get something for that (testifying in court). We deserve it. (p. 123)) c. Hairstyles change within the hour, Retro-throwback clothing styles occur in a week (remember Riot Gear), and TV personalities can okay lesions (self-mutilation). What makes this so much different from the present? How is this a stretch of M.T. Anderson’s imagination? d. What were you thinking when the kids, while in the hospital, were throwing hypodermic needles (p. 57)? In particular, how do you explain Link’s mother’s defense of the act (p. 59)? e. Beginning on p. 62, Titus’s use of metaphor intrigues Violet. Why? Is figurative language a part of the younger generation’s vocabulary? f. Titus claims that he likes debating – especially when people argue “different points of view.” Would you define Titus’ character by his ability to debate? Consider his political conversation with Violet on p. 112 about democracy (“It’s not a democracy”). g. On p. 117, readers are introduced to the Conceptionarium. When you first learned of this mode of reproduction, what was your reaction?

Please see the following website for full list of discussion questions: http://www.viterbo.edu/perspgs/faculty/GSmith/FeedDisQs.html