Analyzing David Eggers 'The Circle'

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Nancy Cecilia Montes
English 101 Section 23392
Professor Grace Lee
Outline Essay
23 April 2018
Outline
I. Paragraph Intro
A. Hook
1. How is it related to the Circle and today?
a) Sentence: For years, the advance of technology has created the internet to help humans but as well collecting information from the people if they wanted to share with the world
B. Introduction of the Book
1. Summary of 2-4 Sentences: In a fictional novel, The Circle by David Eggers, he wrote about a company called the Circle that helps people find any information they need in the social media page, but as well watching every motivated they make. The protagonist, Mae, who works at the company must share personal information about herself, but Mae does not want to. Then Mae was caught stealing a kayak and was …show more content…

It also shows how Foucault the idea of being watched for long periods of time of no privacy, it will cause them to feel insane since there are no communications being exchanged as if they are an object only being observed for information.
2. Transition to the next example:
a) Give an example
(1) Who is going to say the quote?
(a) Mae
(i) Quote: “She began to think harder about the clothes she wore at work… But it was good kind of thinking… And knowing she was being watched” (Eggers 243).
(a) Explain the Quote: The quote is showing Mae not being able to be herself because she strongly believes her actions represent herself, and the Circle will deem her again.
3. Rewrite the thesis: Thus, only proving the Circle is a panopticon, by disciplining their behavior to change their personalities.
IV. Body Paragraph for Reason 3
A. Create a Thesis in great details of reason 3: The last reason of how the Circle is a panopticon is changing the human behavior permanently
1. Given an Example
a) Who is going to say the quote?
(1)

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