moon

So this is going to be my first blogpost about the novel “Feed” by Matthew Tobin Anderson. It contains dialectical journals of the first part of the book. Without further ado:

1.       your face is not an organ

“The thing that I hate about space is that you can feel how old and empty it is. I don’t know if the others felt like I felt, about space?” (pg. 4)

I really liked this quote from chapter one. It was quite thought provoking, and if you search for it, it has sort of a foreshadow and/or symbolises a bigger concept. It foreshadows the possibility that Titus, our main character, is going to go through some dynamic changes, due to the fact that he questions whether others feel the same way as he does. Also, this quote symbolises the old, empty and mysterious ways of the world. It shows that the main character is very uncomfortable with silence and the thought of how things were before.

2.       impact

“It was at least good to get out of the hotel, because the rest of the city had pretty good artificial gravity, so if you dropped things, at least they fuckin’ fell.” (pg. 10)

                This statement was ironically contradictory. Titus and his friends are on the moon to enjoy. They do not like their hotel, as it is very “crummy”. They are new to the moon, and wish to explore what is the unknown, to them. They find comfort in the uncomfortable. They do not know the place, therefore it is a slightly uncomfortable experience, but the fact that the artificial gravity is decent, and lets things fall is their sole solace after coming to moon. Also, it shows that eventually everything falls, and everything ends up going after all. This may also be a major concept in this book; of sacrifices and letting things go.

3.       juice

“When she thought no one was looking, she opened her mouth. Something trembled there. Juice. She had filled her mouth with juice… I shifted. I watched the juice. For her own amusement, she was letting it go, gentle and sexy.” (pg. 18)

                This quote was quite interesting. It reaffirms the innocence and gayness that young people possess, and also how oblivious they are to their surroundings. It also may show a theme, perhaps, of breaking the rules. The girl (Violet) waits for the workers of the club to be preoccupied by another issue, and makes sure that nobody is looking at her when she does this. And the concept of ‘letting it go’ is mentioned once again.

4.       the nose grid

“Wrappers were turning through space like birds.” (pg. 21)

                This simile is very powerful. This shows that not only is civilisation failing through communicating problems, but it is also suffering through pollution. The world is slowly crumbling, and there is nothing that is being done to stop it.

“’There are times when you just want to sink through the floor,’ she said, ‘but then you realize there’s no air out there.” (pg. 23)

                I did a second one for this chapter as it did not seem fair to leave out this quote. This quote perfectly captures how one feels in a society of uniform order, when he or she is different. Violet is also a very logical person and her thought process is quite mature; similar aged people are quite confused, or amazed by her sophistication.

5.       the moon is in the house of boring

“I felt like a kind of kicking in my face and I discovered it was my mouth, which was saying the time of calamity thing, but at the top of my lungs.” (pg. 39)

                This is a very important quote representing how it feels to be oppressed and out of control. Titus cannot control his body, his thoughts, his broadcasting, his words. It is all out of his control. I believe that this will be another important theme in this book; not being able to be you.  I believe that everyone is being controlled, and their just not realizing.