Analysis Of I Used To Be A Human Being By Andrew Sullivan

In the essay “I Used to Be a Human Being,” the narrator is facing something we tend to ignore yet has somehow found a way to captivate billions of people worldwide, cell phone addiction. I think Andrew Sullivan’s idea of being “alone together” (Sullivan 103) is an interesting term that reflects the way communication and human interaction occur in today’s society. We are so entranced by a small device that we have turned ourselves in obsessive, lifeless robots that morph our lives around our Facebook profiles and Twitter feeds. For the narrator, his addiction became so bad he found his only identity and sense of true self on the web, I think the way he describes the way his health, happiness and even freedom were taken from him are almost slightly
This past December, news network CNN published “Smartphone addiction may be changing your brain” the article zeroed in on the rising cause of cell phone addiction, earning the name “Nomophobia.” There are various questionnaires featured on their website where readers can discover their level of addiction. The shocking statistics and negative side effects of cell phone usage they present to their online readers, including many young adults, gives an insight into what could come of the future if cell phone addiction continues to rise (LeMott). A part of the text I was particularity drawn to was where the author observed the people around him, “We have gone from looking up and around to constantly looking down,” this quote reflects how absorbed we are in our phones that even the simplest, every day occurrences don’t happen without an iPhone screen involved (Sullivan 100). In an article published by The Washington Post, author Ellen McCarthy explores rising programs and organizations that treat cell phone