There's enough environmental catastrophe in Titus's world to fuel ten Al Gore movies: turns out, the feed, Top Quark swimming pools, high fashion, and bubble 'burbs come at a high price—and not just the green kind. The world is suffering from one ecological catastrophe after another: the oceans are dead, there are only artificial CloudsTM in the sky, and people can't even reproduce normally because of background radiation.
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Questions About Man and the Natural World
- How do some of the environmental issues in the book compare to today's world?
- None of the characters in Feed appear to have pets. The closest thing is the "stupid" fake birds that Titus and his friends have (and that Smell Factor gets later). Do you think there are pets in Titus's world? Why or why not?
- What do you think about that whole whale-hunting scene toward the end of the book? What do you think is Anderson's point?
- Do you side more with Violet or Titus's dad in their argument about trees versus air factories? Why?
Chew on This
Try on an opinion or two, start a debate, or play the devil’s advocate.
The lesions suggests that it's game over for the human race in this book: we've finally done ourselves in.
Nature fights back in Feed, like when the bees burst out of people's walls: humans may have done their best to destroy the planet, but it's not over yet.