https://padlet.com/connor_young3/l8hmhnsabxl1 Connor Young en-us 2017-10-13 16:02:41 UTC 2026-03-20 08:42:04 UTC hello@padlet.com connor_young3 https://padlet.com/connor_young3/l8hmhnsabxl1/wish/196891507 The story is only told from the protagonist Titus’ perspective. There are no examples of other people’s thoughts being conveyed in the text, and we only know and see what Titus knows and sees. “My father said to me..” is an example of this. This line shows us that the text is equivalent to Titus’ own perception of any given situation. As for Titus as a person, he is his time period's equivalent of a cookie cutter teen boy. However, he is quite insecure about his intelligence, but this is more of a trivial feature of his generic personality. However it should be noted that "cookie cutter teens" of his time would have all the same personality traits of what american media would portray a teenage boy to be, for example, a he is rather similar to the basic format of any given male character from the viacom show Degrassi. However, instead of doing drugs, he does the futuristic equivalent, going mal. Going mal is essentially using a program to mess with your feed, impairing your senses, much like the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.

]]> 2017-10-13 16:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/connor_young3/l8hmhnsabxl1/wish/196891507 connor_young3 https://padlet.com/connor_young3/l8hmhnsabxl1/wish/196893910 2017-10-13 16:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/connor_young3/l8hmhnsabxl1/wish/196893910 connor_young3 https://padlet.com/connor_young3/l8hmhnsabxl1/wish/197895884 The setting of the story is futuristic America, but a small portion of the story was set on the moon. There is a large amount of slang in the story that we do not use today; such as “meg brag” and “unit” which shows us that people have simplified the english language even more than me have already; even adults use this slang. It is also shown that public space travel exists, which is supported by the fact that the first scene of the book is Titus and his friends in a spaceship on their way to the moon. The moon is a relevant part of the setting because, while on the moon, Titus, his friends, and Violet all got their feeds hacked. This set up the later plot point of Violet's feed being broken.

]]> 2017-10-17 16:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/connor_young3/l8hmhnsabxl1/wish/197895884 connor_young3 https://padlet.com/connor_young3/l8hmhnsabxl1/wish/200053347 Violet, in a way, is causing conflicts for Titus. Once her feed starts to deteriorate, he cannot think of her, his girlfriend, as someone who is alive anymore. He feels devastated, deleting all of her messages and, when confronted about it, says things like “No.” and “What memories” (the feed gives you the ability to send memories like an image in a text message, but you relive their memory from their point of view) He blames her for his sadness.]]> 2017-10-24 15:41:59 UTC https://padlet.com/connor_young3/l8hmhnsabxl1/wish/200053347 connor_young3 https://padlet.com/connor_young3/l8hmhnsabxl1/wish/200057950 The theme of this book is that people are so quick to accept new technology, that they never stop to think of the negative impact it could have on them. I believe this because In the story, people implant a “feed” in their child’s head at a young age. Parents never questioned whether or not it was a good idea to get a chip implanted in their child’s brain, barring a small amount of outliers of course. This feed represents technology, it is so innovative and can be used in almost an infinite number of ways, but no one in the story, at least no one besides Violet, realizes what the feeds are doing to people’s bodies. People began to get lesions, yet instead of getting medical help, immediately began to think of them as trendy, some even going as far as to get artificial lesions made on their bodies. Near the end of the story, it is said that people began to lose their skin and hair, presumably an evolution of the side effects of the feed that Violet noticed in the past.. Honestly, I would say that the author is saying that if we do not look into the side effects of this amazing technology now, it might become a habit, leading to events similar to those in the book.]]> 2017-10-24 15:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/connor_young3/l8hmhnsabxl1/wish/200057950 connor_young3 https://padlet.com/connor_young3/l8hmhnsabxl1/wish/200059634 A connection that you could make between 
this story and real life is that of the
 progression of virtual reality technology.
 In the book, feeds are implanted into  people's heads at a young age, it is later revealed that the feed damages your body severely over time. In modern day, we now have virtual reality. This, in a way, connects to how foolish we are when it comes to the side effects of modern technology. 20 years ago, we would yell at children for sitting too close to the TV. Now we have virtual reality, where the screen is literally an inch away from your eyes. Sure, the technology is amazing and, possibly, revolutionary; but have we stopped to think what the long term effects of these devices are? Near the end of the story, it is said that people began to lose their skin and hair, presumably because of the fact that they all have feeds linked to their brains. Who's to say that virtual reality might have somewhat similar side effects? The article addresses the known effects of VR, but what if more arise?]]> 2017-10-24 15:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/connor_young3/l8hmhnsabxl1/wish/200059634 connor_young3 https://padlet.com/connor_young3/l8hmhnsabxl1/wish/200464521 2017-10-25 15:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/connor_young3/l8hmhnsabxl1/wish/200464521