![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The interviewers did not stop at a verbal interview, but continued the interview by chatting Mr. In this quote Violet’s dad was denied a job because he was unable to communicate through the feed. It is clear to the reader that those without the feed are left out of conversations simply because they do not have chat abilities. Then they were silent, just looking at me… I realized that they had chatted me, and that I had not responded. Anderson writes, “I needed work, I was at a job interview. Anderson uses communication through the feed and the lack of dialogue to condemn texting and social media. Anderson uses the feed and its downfalls: lack of verbal communication, lack of proper education, and personalized advertising to allegorically convey a satirical message that as a whole, society has become dependent of modern technology. ![]() In a world where people would rather text than call, ask Siri instead of a professor, or surf the web than initiate a conversation, even a futuristic, sci-fi novel can be seen as a warning: a story of what we could become. In a world as technologically savvy as todays, a gentle warning cannot hurt. ![]()
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