The Circle Trifles

Imagine a world where everything you said and did was monitored, there was no such thing as privacy and no opportunity to lie. Eggers’ world in The Circle is haunting, informative, and can leave any reader with feelings and fears they have never faced before. The book revolves around a large up-and-coming company called The Circle that starts out as a solution to the mess of online accounts and passwords but ends up in every crevice of people’s lives. The plot follows the slightly naive, but effervescent Mae, who is fresh out of college and has obtained a coveted job within the Circle. Readers follow Mae throughout many shocking twists and unsettling experiences that are always right on the border of one’s comfort zone.
I feel the concepts were deftly composed and each new storyline and character was woven in seamlessly. It was almost effortless to follow the author throughout his dystopian creation. Eggers made the futuristic life realistic, basing scenarios in the book off of today’s relatively new values, such as Mae’s ever increasing amount of screens at her desk. The ingenuity of the piecing in our current times to their society made it easy to believe in this future, which made the text all the more pertinent. …show more content…
There were a myriad of examples where characters made decisions which made it hard for me to continue reading. At times Mae seemed to not have a personality of her own, which does ultimately demonstrate an important lesson but nevertheless left me in want of some refreshment. There is one instance mid-book where Mae decides to steal a kayak in order for some personal time. This occasion does add some life to the book, briefly inviting the hope that Mae is developing an edge, some individuality. Sadly, the ultimate ramification of this situation speedily leads her back to the same predictable track on which she was set