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"The Circle" Critical Analysis.

Emma Watson who plays Mae Hollands is the main character, and quite literally the centre of attention for all in the book and movie The Circle. When Mae gets recruited and hired into the exclusive tech company she quickly gets promoted into a position that requires her to surrender essentially all her personal space and privacy. Her new position requires her to live stream her entire daily life events to millions of viewers worldwide, sharing every single moment of her daily life with a few exceptions such as using the washroom. Basically, Mae Hollands had become the biggest global vlogger of her time, becoming more or less famous. However, she quickly realizes the downfalls that come along with this role. Since everyone is constantly watching Mae's every move she feels that she always needs to display perfection with no off days to maintain her online social imagine with the rest of the world at all costs without any slips ups. If we allow technology to invade our lives to this extent, I fear that in the future there will be unachievable expectations placed on everyone to follow the society norms at all costs. When we surrender our own private space and information to various advanced technologies we tend to focus on the benefits and ignore the potential repercussions that often follow up. If we all decided to stream our daily lives with each other because society had normalized it the potential for companies to data mine the most private and true information about ourselves would be profound. As a society it's our responsibility to critically think about how various new forms of technology will affect our lives so we don't become a state of surveillance, and become a victim to the technologies which were supposed to liberate us.

Citations:

Eggers, Dave. 2014. The Circle. NY: Vintage. Circle