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.

 

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