Was it worth going against the Feed?

This week I have learn about a man named Henry Thoreau. He wanted to live deliberately so he went against the norm of what everyone else was doing. He went to the woods for a year and had no type of technology. Now I know I could nto hve done that. I use technology to much to go without it for a whole year :(. However the book Feed relates to something that Thoreau have done in the woods. Its like he had resist the feed. This relates to the character in the book named Violet. She was a powerful person that wanted to go against the feed and not like it control her actions anymore. However towards the end of the book Violet needed the Feed to survive. I was funny because the feed could dectect that she wasn going against it. The feed had a mind of its own and it left her to suffer, so was it worth resisting the Feed?

Overall, the book was interesting because I could compare the book to my life. If someone had a chip in my head it would be very weired. I like to control what I do. Having someone talking to me in my head would be very retarted. The feed was a device that should not have used but thats not what the corps though. They bascially controlled everything from emtions, clothing, hair styles, how u think and what u eat. The Feed should me that one doesnt have to need the Feed one can manage on his or her own. Meaning that sometimes people dont have to rely on technology that much.

The dumbest generation

So this week I have learned that I was part of the " dumbest genearation" said by Dr. Bauerlein. Anyone that is under the age of thrity is apart of the dumbest generation. I dont feel as though that I'am a part of the dumb geneartion. Dr. Bauerlein feel as though this a dumb generation because people dont read all day everyday , or that people dont know all the facts that have happened in the past. I understaind that one need to know the neccessary information such as laws or knowing the admendents of the consitution. But does that make people dumb? Why do people have to be dumb there is always room for improvement in ones life. I'm pretty sure that when Bauerlein was young or growing up that he knew any and everything. I 'm also certin that had some type of technology that he was attached to.
It was also said that technology doesnt have any benefits to it. Technology has grew over the years and people are attached to it now. One uses technology for his or her own use. Such as for work, school, business, or excitement. One is not the same some people have more knowldege then others do. So I dont think it fair to group everyone togther as a whole calling everyone dumb. This generation have a lot of smart people in it that is willing to do something with his or her life. I know myself personally will strive for the best and wont let anything stop me of getting my college degree. So when someone ask me do I think I'm in the dumbest generation I will say NO, I live in a well intelligent generation that will change the world that we live in some day.

Who do we try to be?

This week have been very interesting to learn different perspectives that the media have put upon the americans in the world. The media supresses the people that watches or looks at the media. The huge target that brings the people in are the ads and billboards that surrounds people everyday. The ads that show these products that trying to be sold are featured in magazines, tv, internet, and many more places. These market places not know what these ads are doing to the world, they just want to put the product out there to make money.But what will happened when people start to fade away and no money is making the stocks go up anymore. When we watched " Killing me Softly" in class the video made me think about all the different ways that the media trys to control the way people live. The ads that was presented showed the "ideal" type of women that other women have to look like. Also there was ads that show the
"ideal" man. These assumptions make people do things to look like these people in the magazines and on TV.

I feel as though that the videos show a repeated life cycle that the media wants one to follow. The media sends out certain expectations that they want one to follow. I dont agree that people have to go on diets or take certain medicine to look like the people in the magazines. People should be themselves and live the skin that they are in and be happy that they are living and breathing. Also it's important that one can step back from everything and see whats going on in ones surroundings instead of always being invloved. Its better to get the whole picture and not just half of it.