A conversation with M.T. Anderson
Do you think of Feed as a futuristic novel?
“No, I think of it more as a
novel that uses images from an imagined future in an almost allegorical way to
discuss things we’re dealing with now. I
think we all have, at this point, a direct connection to the media in our
brains. It’s impossible for us to think
of our life without conceiving of it in images that are taken from movies, from
songs, from ads, all of which are images that are challenging us to be better
consumers rather than better people.”
Terms and Definitions to think about
Allegory:
Figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
Utopia: An ideally perfect place, especially in its
social, political, and moral aspects
Anti-Utopia:
A place that seems to be utopian or which was originally intended to be utopian
but has a fatal flaw or has been perverted.