Page 247 "were sorry Violet Durn. unfortunately FeedTech and other investors reviewed your purchasing history and we do not feel that you would be a reliable investment at this time".
In the quote above Nina finally responds to Violet about her claim she put in to fix her feed for free because she does not have the money to fix it herself and her warranty is up. Nina gives the unfortunate news that FeedTech does not have a reason to fix her feed because she is not a strong consumer and she could not benefit they're company in any way. This futuristic company only cares what a client can do for them. Violet is slowly dying and unable to move many parts of her body, and they still refuse to help her. The only way that FeedTech would possibly help her is she'd continuously consume their items for the next six months, then a repair MAY be possible.
I chose this quote because it shows how media and advertisement can manipulate peoples brain to better them as consumers, not people. It'd be impossible to think about life with out t.v commercials, radio advertisements, billboards Etc.
I believe that M.t Anderson wrote the book "feed" to warn consumers what is going on with the world now and how major companies have plenty of ways to control what we think about on a daily basis with out us even noticing.
Great job drawing out the purpose and "big ideas" of the novel.
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