Feed Blog 2

Having the "feed" effects Titus's personality and intelligence in many way, which are shown in the book. First, his personality is very much effected by the feed because whatever he is thinking about the feed knows and markets him for that. Once he is marketed for that thing he is going to want it meaning that he going to be persueded on many things. This makes his personality very unsteady because he is so easily persueded by many things that might change his personality. His intelligence is also effected because he relys on his feed too much to do the thinking for him, thus his mind is unable to think for itself. If the feed was not there then he would be even dummer than he looks know because he did not learn things that people are suppose to know and he would suffer for that.
When Titus's father uses the word "dude" it stands out because it is not consistant to the other slang language used in the story. I think the author had one of his character to use this word so that he can show the difference in generation the son and the parents have. In times when the parents where young "dude" was like the word "unit", which used by Titus and his friends. The dad says this because he is most comfortable in this language. This reminds me of how parents in the 21st century might use words that where cool in the 70's and 80's, but are not cool now. Teens would be embarresed by this but in this book Titus does not seem to mind.
Violets father wants to study the dead languages in order to stay connected to being a real human who does not rely on a machine. He wants to keep himself from becoming dumb and totally relient on a feed, so he studies language that only the top minds can know. He also sees the dead languages as a endangered skill that should be kept and not forgotten.