First, technology can be used to manipulate people by toying with their emotions. As described in his novel, “We are not meant to know everything, Mae. Did you ever think that perhaps our minds are delicately calibrated between the known and the unknown? That our souls need the mysteries of the night and the clarity of the day? Young people are creating ever-present daylight, and I think it will burn us all alive. There will be no time to reflect, to sleep, too cool.” (Eggers, 2013) He is explaining how although we are all knowledgeable, too much knowledge can be damaging to our emotions and self worth. By knowing too much we destroy our delicate psyche. Mae Holland shows emotions because she loses herself as a person. She completely breaks her bond with people on the outside of ‘the circle’, and begins to act more like an android. Mercer and Mae were a serious couple at one point in high school and throughout college, but when she decided to go work for the company in ‘the circle’ with her best friend, Annie, everything changed. Her parents were interested in Mercer because he enjoyed the wilderness. Mercer introduced her to kayaking, and when they became a couple, it became and activity they did together all the time. Mae goes behind Mercer’s back and post pictures of his artwork online. In the end, Mae makes a promise to Mercer that she will keep her distance from him
First, technology can be used to manipulate people by toying with their emotions. As described in his novel, “We are not meant to know everything, Mae. Did you ever think that perhaps our minds are delicately calibrated between the known and the unknown? That our souls need the mysteries of the night and the clarity of the day? Young people are creating ever-present daylight, and I think it will burn us all alive. There will be no time to reflect, to sleep, too cool.” (Eggers, 2013) He is explaining how although we are all knowledgeable, too much knowledge can be damaging to our emotions and self worth. By knowing too much we destroy our delicate psyche. Mae Holland shows emotions because she loses herself as a person. She completely breaks her bond with people on the outside of ‘the circle’, and begins to act more like an android. Mercer and Mae were a serious couple at one point in high school and throughout college, but when she decided to go work for the company in ‘the circle’ with her best friend, Annie, everything changed. Her parents were interested in Mercer because he enjoyed the wilderness. Mercer introduced her to kayaking, and when they became a couple, it became and activity they did together all the time. Mae goes behind Mercer’s back and post pictures of his artwork online. In the end, Mae makes a promise to Mercer that she will keep her distance from him