This is a summary of the book: the Circle. I've listed all the main characters, a summary of the book, explained themes, and I've included my opinions about the book in the summary! I had an 8.5 as my oral grade!
Lernzettel Utopia/Dystopia (and utopian/dystopian aspects of real life) Abitur
Englisch Abiturzusammenfassung Utopia / Dytopia ( the circle )
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THE CIRCLE BOOOKREPORT
INFORMATION
Title and title explanation The Circle. The Circle it is the name of a company which the book is about.
Author + some short The author is Dave Eggers, an American. He was born in 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2008 he was
information about him/her one of the three TED award winners. He wrote some non-fiction books but mostly he wrote fiction books.
Any connection to the book? His literary movement is postmodern literature. He has a wife, Vendela Vida, with who he has 2 children.
Publication (where, year of The first date of publication is 8 October 2013. My book was published by Penguin Books UK in the United
1st edition, year of your Kingdom in 2013.
edition)
Number of pages 512 pages.
Reason(s) of choice I chose this book because someone recommended it to me. And during the speech of Mark Zuckerberg in
*”I had to read a book” is not the European Parliament, one of the politicians brought up this book and compared it to Mark's company.
a valid reason That made me interested in the book and then I started reading it.
CONTENTS (inhoud)
Short summary of plot The book is about Mae Holland who wants to work at the worlds most powerful internet company called: “the
(max. 25 lines) in your own Circle". Her best friend, Annie, already works there and she secures Mae the job. The slogan of the
words company is: "All that happens must be known". “Seechange” is the first example in the book of technology
overreaching the private lives of people under this slogan. It is a little camera that is as big as a lollypop and
you can put it everywhere without people noticing it because it is so small and it can adjust to the colour of
the surface its attached to. Mae meets Kalden, he's mysterious but he warns her about the Circle and about
making everything known to everyone isn’t necessary a good thing.
When Mae illegally kayaked at night and gets caught, she shames herself for this. After the accident she
decides to go transparent, it means she'll wear a Seechange camera at all times. It is also a example for the
rest of the world because if she would’ve gone transparent when she illegally kayaked, she wouldn’t have
done it in the first place and she would’ve been found quicker.
After she decides to go transparent Mae becomes very successful within the company. Mae believe really
strong in transparency and she decides to betray her bosses by challenging them to go transparent as well
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