The world seems to have no privacy through technology and hence affects relationships and as well as the situations that technology brings in our everyday life and how we rely on social media.Social Interaction through technology is mutually beneficial whereas Novel’s point of social interaction through technology benefits only an individual. In The Novel “The Circle” By Dave Eggers, Mae begins her journey in the Circle through her ex-roommate Annie, and gets Mae a job at “The Circle” and Mae rapidly realizes that the work place is only focused on transparency, privacy and digital interactions rather than physical interactions. At The Circle Facial recognition is through new inventions, Emotions are through Emoticons and conversations takes place at
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In-Fact as Mae’s transparency rapidly increases, she is not candid anymore, and Mae quits being herself. However, Mercer also quotes that, “Mae, you’re just unable to allow anything to live inside the room” (260) Mercer doesn’t want to share anything with Mae because he can’t forward her emails since she forwards it to others and does and not keep anything personally , he can’t share any photos either because Mae uploads it to her profile. Since Mae is working in “The Circle”, he thinks that the company is scanning all his messages. Mercer thinks her life is more into technology rather than reality. He thinks she is not the old Mae he knew; he says she is “socially autistic” (260). At one point he gets very frustrated at Mae and says “Mae, do you realize how incredibly boring you’ve become?” (263). Mae ruined her relationship with Mercer by involving too much into technology and Partirank. Mercer describes, “As if she is looking me through a hundred other people’s eye” (132). Mercer is trying to make Mae realize that there is something more meaningful than an electronic screen, but Mae does not care about it anymore. However, another example
In-Fact as Mae’s transparency rapidly increases, she is not candid anymore, and Mae quits being herself. However, Mercer also quotes that, “Mae, you’re just unable to allow anything to live inside the room” (260) Mercer doesn’t want to share anything with Mae because he can’t forward her emails since she forwards it to others and does and not keep anything personally , he can’t share any photos either because Mae uploads it to her profile. Since Mae is working in “The Circle”, he thinks that the company is scanning all his messages. Mercer thinks her life is more into technology rather than reality. He thinks she is not the old Mae he knew; he says she is “socially autistic” (260). At one point he gets very frustrated at Mae and says “Mae, do you realize how incredibly boring you’ve become?” (263). Mae ruined her relationship with Mercer by involving too much into technology and Partirank. Mercer describes, “As if she is looking me through a hundred other people’s eye” (132). Mercer is trying to make Mae realize that there is something more meaningful than an electronic screen, but Mae does not care about it anymore. However, another example