Well, sad, sad, sad. Very sad ending. Although Feed wasn't my favorite book I did enjoy the ending, but I suppose the ending in most books is the best. The ending gets good when Titus and Violet get into a fight about Violet dying, at the hotel. From there on Titus just leaves their relationship to die physically and emotionally until Titus gets a message from Violets dad. Violet had become completely immobile but Titus never completely moved on and came back to visit. When titus came to visit and saw Violets condition, and got into a fight with her dad, things looked grim until he came back a few days later to end their last moments together with the story of them both.
      Elenor and Park, and Feed seem like two very different books to me. They do both have the common connection about a love story, but I feel like the love story in Eleanor and Park was the main focus. In Feed, I think that the main focus was about future technology the human race will face and what it might do to our society. While both the stories had a sad ending, I feel like Feed had to much correlation with the complications and control of the feed network (technology), and Eleanor and Park was filled with the timid love between the two characters (love). I could see how politics in Feed, and poverty in Eleanor and Park correlate with each other, they were not the main idea of the story but they both had important influences on the story line.
http://jtriley.blogspot.com/2012/12/memory-technology-and-biology-in-mt.html
http://www.shmoop.com/eleanor-and-park/suffering-theme.html
http://mt-anderson.com/blog/his-books/books-for-teens-and-adults/feed-2/

      While continue reading Feed a lot of questions came to mind. I know Violet talked about how the feed is connected to the brain and how it can kill you if it malfunctions, but it never said anything about removing the feed completely. It's clear to see that Violet is still infected with a virus so some action needs to be taken to save her life, you can tell Titus is worried for Violet. I still haven't grasped the whole idea behind the lesions yet and why Calista got all the artificial lesions, suppose it's just a fashion statement but from the reactions of others in the book I'm not sure if that's the case. When the party is going on you get a real sense that everyone is a robot, at least for me, I just thought it's bizarre that people would tune in to listen to music rather than listen out loud, for some reason that stood out to me.

      The book is still very hard for me to follow, each paged doesn't click together like Eleanor and Park. A lot of the time I will lose my spot in the dialogue and not even know who's saying what. The more you read the book the more you get used to the unnatural language in it, which was a big barrier for most people at the beginning of the book.
https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/meaning-lesions-novel-feed-465934
http://mt-anderson.com/blog/his-books/books-for-teens-and-adults/feed-2/
https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-consumerism-technology-related-loss-identity-334864

      Feed. I have to get the negatives out of the way first. Like it's like crazy how many times they can like say "like" in like the book,  it's like insane. Seriously though, reading the constant use of "like" gets very irritating very fast. I get that M.T. Anderson is trying to sound like the young generation (or so I think) but it just doesn't work, rather it makes the characters sound idiotic. Lesions are a big topic in the book, they almost seem like a trend. Though it may be to early in the book, I'm not sure what the point of them are or maybe everyone just has leprosy during the time setting. This book does take place in the future and since it is in the future you could understand how language would change over time. Well it seems to me that there are quite a few made up words and phrases in the book, and trying to read through them is a little difficult. At times I would find myself drifting off and having to re-read the page I just read.
      I may have said a few negatives but the story line is not to bad. I enjoy how the scenery constantly changes, allowing the reader to picture multiple different scenes in their head. The story starts off with a couple of friends going up to the moon for a good time. While they're up there the main character "Titus" meets a girl named Violet and hits it off with her. Everyone has the feed, which is basically a smartphone in peoples heads, and when Titus and Violet are on the moon their feed gets hacked. From when the two are in the hospital to when they are out, they continue to grow closer and find out that everything might not be alright with their feed.
http://www.shmoop.com/feed-book/summary.html
http://www.shmoop.com/feed-book/characters.html
http://www.shmoop.com/feed-book/lesions-symbol.html

      The ending of Eleanor & Park really picks up. I told myself before I started reading I would only read 50 pages but once I read 50 pages I found myself reading another 5 pages, then another 10, and another 15. Through out the book the whole story line got a little repetitive for me, but thats just my opinion. It depends on what the reader likes and for myself it wasn't my favorite book but the last 70 pages of the book really picks up.
      Eleanors stepfather, Richie, finds out about Park. Richie is a complete madman. He practically drives all around Omaha trying to kill Eleanor, the suspense at this part of the book keeps you reading. The only option left is for Eleanor to leave town to stay with her Uncle in Minnesota. As Park drives Eleanor to Minnesota I couldn't help but think "so this is it for them?" which it turns out it is. Life is not always a happy ending and this story makes that very apparent. The book as a whole is very true to real life, romantic loves stories like The Notebook aren't realistic, or at least rare, but the story of Eleanor and Park is something that could be seen all around us.
http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/stepchildren-family-parents-abuse-0409132
http://www.shmoop.com/eleanor-and-park/richie.html
http://www.breakpoint.org/features-columns/youth-reads/entry/40/21805

      As the story develops you can begin to see the relationship between Eleanor and Park develop. There is still a shy element to the relationship and everything still seems new, but Eleanor is now always visiting Park at his house. Eleanor has been very stubborn recently, she manages to take Parks words and change them into something negative when it is clear that Park doesn't mean to be rude or insulting in anyway. It seems that the two have really gotten into kissing a lot but Eleanor is still not comfortable about having Park at her place.
     Eleanors home life is still terrible. The abuse between her mother and Richie continues along with the disrespect for the kids. At one scene in the book, Richie fires off gun shots to scare away some neighboring kids and with no surprise Eleanor gets frightened and calls the police from a neighboring house (any reaction a normal person would have). When the police arrive Richie denies everything and tells Eleanor if she called the police again there would be trouble, considering Richie can get arrested for more that just having a gun. It's sad to think that Eleanor isn't safe anywhere, not even with the police.
https://www.childhelp.org/child-abuse-statistics/
http://www.shmoop.com/eleanor-and-park/suffering-quotes-2.html
http://www.breakpoint.org/features-columns/youth-reads/entry/40/21805

      The book eleanor & park turns out to be a young romantic love story. This story doesn't resemble the type of love you would find in a book like The Notebook, but a shy love. You get the sense that both Eleanor and Park are middle school students, where a relationship consists of seeing each other at school and occasionally hold hands, at least that was my experience. Eleanor and Park are both high school students that haven't matured in the "dating" segment yet. The story line mostly bounces back between home, the bus, and school for the two. It's easy to sense that the home life for Eleanor is not particularly one anyone would fancy. A low income, a horrific stepfather, and constant bullying pushes Eleanor to be distant from anyone around her, until she gets to know Park.
      What is amazing is that Park was just another one of those seemingly mean kids in the beginning of the story, especially to Eleanor. When Park let Eleanor sit next to him on the bus they continued to sit together for weeks to come, at first they were just strangers but eventually grew found of each other eventually leading up to Park telling Eleanor he loves her....
      Since the story mostly only bounces between home, the bus, and school, the story line can get a little repetitive. What does pull you into the story is the continuous events that evolve the feelings of Eleanor and Park for each other. Some parts of the book will end with a cliff hanger, making you itch to read more!
http://www.shmoop.com/eleanor-and-park/love-quotes.html
http://www.rainbowrowell.com/eleanor-park/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/books/review/eleanor-park-by-rainbow-rowell.html

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