The Circle book review
Kent price, political science 490
Dave egger’s book The circle discusses how invasive modern technology has become. He notes are willingness to accept and adapt to new technology as commonplace. The book was eye opening to my social media presence and to be cautious about how much I share. The book was easy to read but I felt it had to many plot holes.
Mae Holland is a recent college graduate ready to move on to better opportunities. Having grown tired of the monotonous life she was living, she finally (with some push from her family) asks her close friend and former college roommate Annie to help her get a job at a prestigious tech company known as The Circle. We soon find that the circle is a place full of young people with amazing ideas for the future. Here these young people are encouraged and funded to see their dreams actualized. She was given a job in customer experience, there she would answer and inquires that customers needed help with and ask for a rating of their experiences with a customer experience representative. If the experience rating were not a 100 she would have to follow up to find out why and to see if she can fix her score. Another major part of her job was being social and interacting with other members of the circle, which she was not very good at because she had to deal with the declining health of her parents. Feeling already indebted to Annie she asks if she can have her parents put on her insurance, Annie says she will ask and within moments she manages to get Mae’s parents covered. With her new found peace of mind Mae began to indulge in the required social life aspect of work. She has to attend many meetings highlighting the work being done. After visiting her parents she would some times kayak after one stressful night she pulled off at her usual spot, knowing it was closed, to see if she could take a kayak out. Seeing no one at the shop she decided to borrow one that was left outside. Upon her arrival she was arrested and
Dave egger’s book The circle discusses how invasive modern technology has become. He notes are willingness to accept and adapt to new technology as commonplace. The book was eye opening to my social media presence and to be cautious about how much I share. The book was easy to read but I felt it had to many plot holes.
Mae Holland is a recent college graduate ready to move on to better opportunities. Having grown tired of the monotonous life she was living, she finally (with some push from her family) asks her close friend and former college roommate Annie to help her get a job at a prestigious tech company known as The Circle. We soon find that the circle is a place full of young people with amazing ideas for the future. Here these young people are encouraged and funded to see their dreams actualized. She was given a job in customer experience, there she would answer and inquires that customers needed help with and ask for a rating of their experiences with a customer experience representative. If the experience rating were not a 100 she would have to follow up to find out why and to see if she can fix her score. Another major part of her job was being social and interacting with other members of the circle, which she was not very good at because she had to deal with the declining health of her parents. Feeling already indebted to Annie she asks if she can have her parents put on her insurance, Annie says she will ask and within moments she manages to get Mae’s parents covered. With her new found peace of mind Mae began to indulge in the required social life aspect of work. She has to attend many meetings highlighting the work being done. After visiting her parents she would some times kayak after one stressful night she pulled off at her usual spot, knowing it was closed, to see if she could take a kayak out. Seeing no one at the shop she decided to borrow one that was left outside. Upon her arrival she was arrested and