BLOG # 1

**"WE WENT TO THE MOON TO HAVE FUN, BUT THE MOON TURNED OUT OT COMPLETELY SUCK."


THAT'S HOW iT iS FOR ME, LiKE WHEN i GO TO THE MALL OF AMERiCA. WHEN i WAS YOUNGER i USEd TO LOVE EVERY BiT AbOUT THE MALL, WiTH OR WiTHOUT MONEY. NOW i HATE GOiN TO THE MALL EVEN WiTH MONEY!:( MAYbE bECAUSE iT iS ALWAYS CROWdEd ANd iTS SOO MUCH WALKiN' AROUNd TO dO?! i dONT KNOW WHATEVER iT iS MAKES ME COMPLETELY HATE THE MALL OF AMERiCA.


**"WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FUNCTION OF THE "FEEDS" SUCH AS "GOING FUGUE"


WELL TO ME, THE FEEd iS A bAd THiNG BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE iT DONT THiNK FOR THEMSELVES. THE FEEd iS LiKE A COMPUTER ANd THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE iT ARE JUST ROBOTS. i MEAN TO BE REALiSTiC, iF TECHNOLOGY KEEPS ON AdVANCiNG THE WAY iT iS, i WOULdNT EVEN BE SUPRiSEd iF THiS iNVENTiON WAS TO BECOME REAL. WHAT MAKES iT SO BAd THOUGH, iS THAT THE PEOPLE WiTH iT CANT LiVE WiTHOUT iT, THEY dEPENd ON iT WiTH EVERYTHiNG THEY dO ANd iT COULd BE THE SiMPLEST THiNG LiKE "WASHiNG YOUR HANdS OR REAdiN A BOOK." FOR EXAMPLE, iN A QUOTE ON [p. 11] "the feed suggested 'supple'" CLEARLY STATES THAT THEY HAVE NO MiNd CONTROL OVER THEiR SELVES ANd iT'S KiNdA SAD!

**WHAT KiNd OF PERSON iS TiTUS? HOW dOES HE COMPARE TO HiS FRiENdS AS FAR AS ATTiTUdES, BELiEFS, iNTELLiGENCE, BACKGROUNd? dESCRiBE THE CHARACTERiSTiCS OF HiM ANd HiS FRiENdS. WHAT KiNd OF PERON iS ViOLET? WHY dOES ViOLET WANT TO bE "NORMAL" LiKE TiTUS ANd HiS
FRiENDS? WHAT EXACTLY iS NORMAL?

iN MY OPiNiON, TiTUS iS A VERY QUiET ANd SHY PERSON, WHO LiKES TO KEEP TO HiMESLF. HE SEEMS TO GET VERY iRRiTATEd WiTH HiS FRiENdS EXPECiALLY MARTY ANd LiNK. TO ME HE THE MOST MATURE MALE CHARACTER iN THE BOOK SO FAR, BUT HEY THiNGS CAN CHANGE! i ALSO THiNK HE iS THE COMPLETE OPPOSiTE FROM MARTY, WHO iS VERY OUT-GOiNG ANd AT TiMES A LiTTLE ABSENT MiNdEd [ LiKE MYASiA :)], ANd LiNK iS JUST YOUR TYPiCAL "NERd" iF YOU WELL. TO ME, ViOLET iS MORE LiKE A QUiET PERSON WHO dOESNT WANT TO SAY THE WRONG THiNG TO ANYONE ANd iS NiCE ALL THE TiME. i THiNK ViOLET WANTS TO bE "NORMAL" LiKE TiTUS ANd HiS FRiENdS SO THAT SHE CAN FiT iN MORE THAN WHAT SHE dOES, EVEN THOUGH TiTUS REALLY LiKES HER. SHE dOESNT CONSiDER bEiNG ABiLED TO READ ANd WRiTE AS NORMAL, i THiNK SHE JUST WANT TO LET THE "FEEd" dO ALL THAT THiNKiNG ANd STUFF THAT iS dOES FOR EVERYONE ELSE [OK WELL MiNUS A FEW]. TO bE NORMAL iN THE WAY THAT SHE SEES TiTUS ANd HiS FRiENdS iS NOT KNOWiNG HOW TO REAd ANd WRiTE LiKE SHE dOES AND JUST BASiCALLY LETTiNG THE FEEd CONTROL HER EVERY MOVE ANd EVERY DECiSiON. SAd HUH?!