Lacie Pound Character Analysis

Lacie Pound conforms to Arthur Miller’s definition of a tragic hero in that an affront to her dignity caused her to take action to seek her rightful position which resulted in notable consequences.

Lacie lives in a society built upon the fundamental notion that an individual is defined exclusively by their social media approval rating. At the beginning of the program, Lacie is fairly content with her rating of 4.2 out of 5. With the lease soon coming to an end on her and her brother’s house, Lacie began the apartment search. When presented with the house of her dreams in the idyllic community of Pelican Cove, Lacie was eager to make her fantasy a reality. Nevertheless, the seemingly picturesque lifestyle was accompanied by an extortionate

Fortuitously, Naomi, one of Lacie’s oldest friends, reached out to Lacie on social media. Naomi was a 4.8 who had a social circle with similarly high ratings. To Lacie’s surprise, Naomi wanted her to be the maid of honour at her upcoming, and prestigious wedding. She gladly accepted her offer. Lacie theorized that if she executed a faultless maid of honour speech, that she would receive enough 5 star ratings from the upper-class guests to boost her to a 4.5. On her way to the wedding, Lacie got into an altercation at the airport that resulted in her being deducted 1 full point, being put on Double Damage - every negative rating received is worth twice as much - as well as not being able to fly to the wedding. To get to the wedding Lacie had to rent a car - an old model due to her low rating. When the car lost power and Lacie was unable to charge it because it was too old of a model, she was forced to hitchhike. Cars passing by didn’t stop for Lacie because of her dwindling score (now around 2.8). A truck driver rated 1.4, stopped for Lacie, who reluctantly accepted the ride. The truck driver shared her experiences about how she learned to stop caring about ratings and how liberating it was to not have to try to please everybody all the time. While on her way the wedding Naomi calls to say that Lacie is no longer the maid of honour and was not welcome at the wedding because of her 2.6. It is revealed that the only reason why she was asked to be maid of honour was because it was thought that a low 4 giving a sentimental speech would increase Naomi’s score. This accompanied by the fact the Lacie was motivated because the opportunity would increase her score, further highlight the extent to which social media had entirely engorged the individuals in the society. Still intent on delivering her exemplary speech, Lacie got drunk and broke into the