How Does The Circle Influence Mae

The Circle influenced Mae to becoming transparent; manipulating her into thinking it would make her a better person. “…They saw her as a role model and inspiration. And this felt good. This felt truly valuable to Mae” (Eggers 330). Mae began to base her value on the fact that she was being watched and what others saw and knew of her actions mattered to her, giving her the mindset that because she is under constant surveillance she is becoming a better person (Eggers330). Knowing that she is constantly being monitored at all times Mae gave up a whole list of things in her life. “She did without. Every day she’d done without things she didn’t want to want. Things she didn’t need. She’d given up soda, energy drinks, processed food…. she was liberated
from bad behavior…. she’d become more noble” (Eggers 331). This change in Maes’ lifestyle is her feeding into the myth that knowing all her actions are being monitored she will make better decisions and be a better person. Her relationships with her parents, Annie, and her ex boyfriend Mercer suffered greatly for it. Even so much her parents alienated her and didn’t want to be apart of this community and lifestyle of being totally transparent. Their privacy was more important to them. Demoxie was created to bring all of society together even the government to channel all information into one source. It in a sense traps everyone to be totally vulnerable with all his or her personal information and lives regardless of who you are or where you are in the world. “ He truly believes that openness, that complete and uninterrupted access among all humans will help the world. That hits is what the world’s been waiting for, the moment when every soul is connected” (Eggers, 488). Taking away the right to privacy, shouldn’t that be a crime? (Insert topic sentence)