In Feed by M.T. Anderson, the story reflected a lot on how teenagers are today, like how they just care about being entertained and ourselves, don't like feeling empty, and don't care about the environment. So I would say that this book is a mirror because its like a mirror to our world, aside from the change in time period and the new accessories they're the same, we all want the new thing, the new style. The feed is like the TV or internet, filling us up with more junk each day.
At the same time though i would say it was a hammer as well because in the book, M.T. Anderson would give hints of what is to come, whether its in the book or in real life. He gave hints of violets malfunctioning and in the real world he's hinting on how it'll become if we continue being the way we are, in the book there were no birds, no more trees, and in real life animals are becoming extinct, we're losing trees by using up a lot of materials that are made of paper.
I think a mirror can be a hammer, because some people after finding out about the real world take action, like animal testing, so in a way a mirror can become a hammer if it influences people to change who they are and how the world is.
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