From being completely incurious about the world around them, to demonstrating an extreme level of arrogance (like in trying to annex the moon, and not caring about industrial accidents that drown entire villages in toxic black sludge), Feed's Americans are almost criminally clueless, arrogant, and ignorant. (Hey, those are our great-grandkids you're talking about, Anderson.) Perhaps the most memorable image of this is how President Trumbull tries to spin calling the Prime Minister of the Global Alliance a "s***head." There's not enough spin in the world to make that fly.
Questions About Visions of America (In the Future)
- Based on the fragments of news and current events we see, what is the relationship between the American government and the corporations?
- What are some reasons The Global Alliance threatens to attack America?
- What hints do we get about class differences in this near-future vision of America?
- How do you imagine SchoolTM works? What other types of subjects do you think Titus studies? Would you want to have a holographic teacher? Why or why not?
Chew on This
As best as we can tell, The Global Alliance attacks the United States by the end of the book. That's why there is rioting in California, and why whole suburbs have disappeared.
Feed explores and extreme and ugly side of American privilege.