Kayli Tolleson Bob Haas English 1103-06 April 12, 2018 4 th Hour: Addicted to Technology We are surrounded by technology every day. Since cellphones and computers have been able to be acquired by almost anyone, we have started to depend on technology to satisfy our daily needs. Whenever we go out or are somewhere where we are not being entertained, we pull out our technology to help keep us busy even if we had just checked it 10 minutes before. This overuse and overdependence on technology has started to create a technology addiction throughout society. Many will argue that the overuse of technology is not an issue in society and that it is just another part of the advancements of the world; when in fact it is an issue because people have started to lose their attention span and rely on a small screen to give them the same satisfaction human interaction once had. Addiction is, “Some activity that you engage in compulsively. You return to it over and over again, its ...
Kayli Tolleson Bob Haas English 1103-06 February 17, 2018 Rhetorical Précis In his article, “The End of Solitude” (2009), William Deresiewicz makes the claim that, “Technology is taking away our privacy and our concentration, but it is also taking away our ability to be alone.” (2) Deresiewicz shows this by using allusions, talking about individuals like Don Quixote and Freud, and anecdotes, telling stories about his life to better explain the topic he is writing about. He touches on these topics in order to show how much of an affect technology is having on our society and how we as individuals cannot live in solitude for fear of being left out. While this essay can be aimed towards all generations, Deresiewicz focuses on talking to the millennials that could be reading the essay. On many occasions, he addresses individuals who are in their teens and 20’s and at one point even says, “Young people today se...