Feed (120-180)

Summary:
The plot builds with tension as Violet begins to malfunction.  Her Feed has been going haywire and she is beginning to disregard the "Feed-way" of living.  One of the symptoms of her new living style is her speaking her mind, and voicing her emotions regarding politics and economics, topic that are never brought to the dinner table.  Violets was uninformed of these rules and had some awkward moments with Titus' father about some ludicrous topics.  For instance, Titus' fathers company is going to tear down hundreds of acres of trees in order to build oxygen-producing factories.  When Violet points out the irony in hid fathers actions he is deeply offended and asks her, indirectly, to leave their home.  However, Violet literally could not get out o her seat.  Her Feed was failing and causing her body to do so as well.

Titus keeps his promise to Violet, and brings her to the country-side.  There they spoke of ways to control themselves against the Feed, and how to fight its urges.  Later on that week Violet tells Titus that the technician assigned to fixing her Feed sees little hope in fixing her Feeds issues.  He predicts that the Feed will soon permanently interfere and control her motor skills, and her brain will eventually give in to the Feeds control.  Titus continues to have nightmares, but will not admit it or tell anyone of them. It also appears that someone has been hacking into Violets Feed, and interjecting in her dreams.

Quote:
"Later that night, I had a nightmares. Someone was poking my head with  a broom handle. They tried to put it like in my ear.  They said 'whispering makes a narrow place narrower'" (Anderson 151)

Reaction:
I believe this quote has major symbolism that has to do with the Theme of the book.  Every dream that Titus has, has something to do with the plot of the story and foreshadows later events that will occur.  This quote gets under my skin because all I think about is Titus and how naive he is and how nothing will happen to change him forever.  The Feed is the broom and it is shoving information into his mind and weakening him.  The voice that tells Titus that
"whispering makes narrow places narrower" is the government. They are warning Titus that sneaking around and going against the tide will only make things worse.