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    In the introduction to her book‚ The “Tethered Self: Technology Reinvents Intimacy and Solitude” (2001)‚ Sherry Turkle‚ an MIT professor suggest that the online personas have negative effects on the growth of a healthy individual‚ healthy relationships‚ and a healthy community. The technology itself and the online personas provide the society a troubling effect. She gives her readers a list of effects in the opening passage. Then‚ she looks at two examples‚ the technological devices‚ and online

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    alone. Being alone helps develop our ability to solve problems without the help of anyone’s opinion. When having to make a choice or dealing with an issue the persons is always what the person wants and not someone else’s. In "Growing Up Tethered"‚ Turkle

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    In the Congressional Hearing about Syria in 2013‚ “Senator John McCain found himself feeling restless ... So he played poker on his iPhone to escape the feeling.”(Turkle 39). In Sherry Turkle’s book‚ Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age‚ the author depicts an individual that succumbs to boredom and alleviates it through the use of technology. This occurrence happens in our everyday lives. We attempt to relieve our boredom mainly through the use of computers and phones. After

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    Revolution of the United States was Samuel Slater. Originally from England‚ Slater was the apprentice of Jedediah Strutt who was considered to be a pioneer in the field of textile technology. After his nearly seven-year apprenticeship was over Slater decided to emigrate to the United States. He knew that his keen insight and background would help him secure a prosperous future in America and kept his background a secret from British authorities. By 1793‚ Slater and his partners had built the first successful

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    environment where humans‚ hide themselves behind a false identity to hurt one another and can get away with it. Turkle describes how technology has affected human interaction by providing a space to hide from the real world. Turkle writes‚ “We re-create ourselves as online personae in games or virtual worlds and give ourselves new bodies‚ homes‚ jobs‚ and romances” (Turkle 494). Turkle explains how technology allows humans to create a virtual reality that become a reality for them. In fact‚ when

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    Marina Wirth Mr. Bishop Composition II: Technical Writing 20 March 2013 Shakespeare once said “We are comsum’d by that which we were nourish’d by” (qtd. in Turkle SR6). Although we are hundreds of years past Shakespeare’s time‚ this quote could not be any more pertinent to today’s society. In Sherry Turkle’s article in the New York Times‚ she states‚ “We have sacrificed conversation for mere connection‚” (SR6)‚ meaning that we are all so consumed by technology that we no longer have the

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    focuses on the perspective of college students‚ and she explains how they have developed the ability to multitask between their phones and real-world interactions‚ which has divided attention and detracted from the quality of their conversations. Turkle highlights how the presence of phones diminishes empathy and meaningful connection‚ citing studies that show a significant decline in empathy among young people since the rise of digital communication. She argues that although technology provides

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    Essay: What does the narrator seem to want from the reader? How does she go about getting what she wants? The meta-truth: metaphorical truth In Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir‚ Lauren Slater attempts to create a new kind of truth called metaphorical truth: emotional truth explained using metaphors instead of facts. She confuses fact and fiction even though it is a memoir and thus creates a convoluted tale of herself where she may or may not be epileptic. Initially‚ the readers believe that she uses

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    create a spark of jealousy in others. In contrast‚ an individual with low levels of self-esteem are viewed as outcasts. Others believe these people are unapproachable and are better left to themselves. In her essay “The Trouble With Self-Esteem” Lauren Slater comes to the defense of those with low self-esteem by stating that “[they] do just as well in life as people with high self-esteem” (6). This is necessary to realize because those individuals with lower levels of confidence are quick to be linked

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    In Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir‚ Lauren Slater described her personal early childhood story and young adulthood experiences of being an epileptic patient. She used significant metaphors in this book which required readers to reconsider what is real and what it the exaggerated part. Slater puts the idea up that she may be making her epileptic illness up. Slater was trying to tell the readers that her abnormal behavior was attributed by her epilepsy. However‚ in the last chapter of the book readers

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