One important reason why the novel uses teens to express what happiness is in this generation is because, happiness in this generation revolves around technology. People today use technology as a way to communicate with each other and to help better understand how things work in the world today. Most people in the world today say that they need their phone daily, the feed is like having a phone in your head that you can use just by thinking. In Feed by M.T. Anderson it says “I was currently disconnected from feednet, of course, and I was getting scared” (Anderson 26). The character in the story was worried about his feed, this shows that the people in the novel feel they need the feed in order to feel safe. The happiness that technology brings connects with this quote by making people feel content and care-free.
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Many people in the 21st century are fond of drug use. In Feed by M.T. Anderson it says,“ I don’t think Violet’s into the mal” (Anderson 48). A few sentences earlier, it mentioned a type of malfunction. This led to the conclusion that “mal” is a type of abbreviation for malfunction, also earlier in the context they talked as if the “mal” was a type of drug for the feed. “Mal” can be examined as today's marijuana. People today use drugs to relieve stress and get away from real problems they