In the novel Feed and Rash and the short story “Harrison Burgeon” there is a theme that extreme advances in technology is making us lose our humanity.
This theme is present in Feed because the feed in everyone’s brain changes the way humans interact and it takes away their simple human necessities. For example, Violet and Titus rarely talk face to face, instead they m-chat through their feeds. “Except with talking, it’s more like brain surgery with old, rusted skewers… (Feed 54)... She whispered, ‘Talk to me. In the air.’... I hate these kind of conversations. I was feeling completely squeam. (Feed 169)” The feed makes humans lose their humanity because it makes decisions for them and it tells them what they want before they even know; instead of wanting something, you think about it and buy it. “ But the braggest thing about the feed is, the thing that really made it big, it that it knows everything you want and hope for, sometimes before you even know what those things are. Everything we think and feel is taken in by corporations and they give it to their branch companies, or other companies buy them, and they can get to know what it is we need, so …show more content…
“The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They were equal every which way. (“Harrison Burgeon” 38)” Humans are receiving buzzers in their ears that go off every twenty seconds so they wouldn’t be taking ‘unfair advantage of their brains” and this causes a loss humanity because their lives are being controlled and trying to be made perfect and if someone acts out they are killed or taken away. “She fired twice, and the Emperor and Empress were dead before they hit the floor. Diana Moon Glampers loaded the gun again. She aimed it at the musicians and told them they had ten seconds to put their handicaps back on. (“Harrison Burgeon”
This theme is present in Feed because the feed in everyone’s brain changes the way humans interact and it takes away their simple human necessities. For example, Violet and Titus rarely talk face to face, instead they m-chat through their feeds. “Except with talking, it’s more like brain surgery with old, rusted skewers… (Feed 54)... She whispered, ‘Talk to me. In the air.’... I hate these kind of conversations. I was feeling completely squeam. (Feed 169)” The feed makes humans lose their humanity because it makes decisions for them and it tells them what they want before they even know; instead of wanting something, you think about it and buy it. “ But the braggest thing about the feed is, the thing that really made it big, it that it knows everything you want and hope for, sometimes before you even know what those things are. Everything we think and feel is taken in by corporations and they give it to their branch companies, or other companies buy them, and they can get to know what it is we need, so …show more content…
“The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They were equal every which way. (“Harrison Burgeon” 38)” Humans are receiving buzzers in their ears that go off every twenty seconds so they wouldn’t be taking ‘unfair advantage of their brains” and this causes a loss humanity because their lives are being controlled and trying to be made perfect and if someone acts out they are killed or taken away. “She fired twice, and the Emperor and Empress were dead before they hit the floor. Diana Moon Glampers loaded the gun again. She aimed it at the musicians and told them they had ten seconds to put their handicaps back on. (“Harrison Burgeon”