Victor Lavalle's Recognition

During the time of quarantine, many people were lonely and didn't have people to socialize with. Many of those people turned to technology to socialize. While this was helpful during the time, technology does not connect us, but is just an illusion because when Martia and her neighbor were only connected by in-person contact, also after only 3 months Martia lost her joy of technology and said “The screens give the illusion that we’re all still connected. But it’s not true”.

The two characters from the story Recognition by Victor Lavalle is a story about how a black women and her neighbor are connected during quarantine. They are connected together by in-person contact, which couldn't be done with technology. In paragraph, 35, it talks about