Feed #3

To start off, I found a few similarities between Eleanor and Park and Feed. A major theme going on was the idea of fitting in and following social norms. Violet is a good example of someone who stands out from the crowd, as well as Eleanor and Park. They all see things differently, and don't care so much about what others think. Overall I didn't like feed all that much. I was disappointed that Titus couldn't see eye to eye with Violet. The fact that he just wanted to fit in with his friends makes me angry. They're all brainwashed by their feeds, and I was expecting more of an outcome in the book, but it ended pretty much how it began. I also wish he had been more sympathetic towards Violet when she had gotten sick. I wasn't surprised by how he acted though. He's a teenage boy and probably doesn't really know what it is he wants, and Violet was just too different for him. But you would think someone would care just a little bit more. I was glad he ended up talking to Violet's father and was able to see what Violet had to go through. I feel like it had opened his eyes. I feel like the overall message of this book is that this is what has come or will continue to come of our world if we continue the way we do. In the olden days, some of the things we do today for beauty and to feel good, would be appalling and unthinkable in their time, just like some of the events that happened in Feed is disgusting to us.