To Siri With Love Analysis

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Technology is an important part of our daily life. In the article “To Siri with Love,” Judith Newman talks about how an autistic boy became best friend with Apple’s Siri. Which conveys that technology has advanced over the years and is becoming very useful. We can find any information at our finger tips, just by pressing a button. Newman’s article is written within the mother’s perspective, the mother is explaining how her autistic son became very close to Apple Siri. The mother doesn’t know how she should feel about this, whether to be scared or be happy for her child, that he found a machine to answer all his questions and be his best friend. On the other hand we have this article “The Flight from Conversation,” by Sherry Turkle. Which instead explains how we are misusing technology for our own disadvantages, such as running away from conversation and staying on the small devices that are now called cell phones, …show more content…
Also they pay very close attention to details such as their titles. The title is very well selected and relates entirely with what the article’s talking about. Trimble states, “Choose your title with care. Leave the teasing title to writers who are still putting acuteness before communication” (p.75). Both authors choose their title with care. For example “Flight from Conversation,” is a very powerful title because it enforces Turkle’s argument that people are running or fleeing from conversations. We tend to run away from reality and escape a conversation by going on our phones. The other great title is, “To Siri with Love,” this is a great title because it gives us the idea that some one likes using Apple Siri so much. It also gives us the idea that someone might be falling in love with a machine. The article actually talks about the autistic child and how much he likes using Siri. The two title are to the point and attractive to the reader. They are eye catching and relatable to the

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