Although the portrayal of youth and adolescence in M.T Anderson’s book, Feed, is basically the same as the adults in the story, there are many aspects that could be applied to the Youth Lens as seen through the stereotypes included about teenagers.
The adolescence throughout the story were very wrapped up in their technology and social media. More specific to their stereotype, they were very easily influenced by their surroundings from the internet. When the girl characters from the story found out what the latest, new hairstyles were on their social media, they were quick to do their hair the same. Also when lesions started to become popular, they went as far as to get fake ones implanted onto them. They would work hard to fit in and focused on looking good to stay hip.
The male characters fell under stereotypical teenage activities when they went into “mal”, meaning they let themselves become something like being under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Titus also took on the role of acting like a jerk to his girlfriend, Violet, and didn't really show her too much emotion towards the end. This is kind of like the stereotype that a male adolescence is “expected” to have.
The adults in the book didn't really seem like they acted that much different from their children. It must have been the feed that was making these teenage stereotypes true for all. The book did a nice job of depicting how society views the youth and adolescents of today.
Yeah I think in Feed- the teenage experience became everyone's experience. It sort of sad because a lot of the negative associations about that time were so strong in EVERYONE in that book. The positive parts about being a teenager- the lessons that certain aspects teach- never were able to fully develop because the Feed took away any need for it.
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