Thanks to pop culture, we know just what friendship looks like: a big circle of friends who hang with you all the time and constantly get into one improbable situation after another, sort of like being trapped in an episode of Friends or The Big Bang Theory. In Feed, Titus and his friends are the perfect sitcom group: just picture their wacky attempt to rip off Coca-Cola with a laugh track. Unfortunately, when you model your friendships on sitcoms you get… sitcom friendships: shallow. When Violet actually calls on Titus to be a good friend, he just deletes her messages.
Questions About Friendship
- How would you describe the friendship between Quendy, Loga, and Calista?
- Do you think Violet would have been more accepted by Titus's friends if she had as much money as they did?
- Are Link and Titus good friends? What about the times where it seems Link bosses him around?
- In what ways do some of the interactions between Titus and his friends seem like scenes from "jeans commercials" or other advertisements? Why?
Chew on This
At the end of the book, Titus regards Violet as a true friend—and acts like a true friend, too.
These kids are all too narcissistic to be real friends. They never demonstrate the true caring necessary for friendship.