In what ways do you agree or disagree with this phrase?ĩ. Bailey uses the phrase “All that happens must be known” when he is talking about the SeeChange video project and holding people accountable for their actions. Has its core values changed from when Mae started to the end of the book?Ĩ. Ty explains how the company had changed from its original start. Why these words? How do they compare to the new phrases at the end of the book? (Secrets are Lies, Sharing is caring Privacy is theft)ħ. When Mae walks onto the campus she sees stones decorating with the following words: Dream Participate Find Community Innovate Imagine Breathe. How do you think Mae would have been treated differently at the Circle if she wasn’t Annie’s friend? Would there even be a difference?Ħ. Why do you think so many people are choosing to become a part of the Circle? What is so attractive about social media?ĥ. What are people gaining by committing themselves to participating in all of the services the Circle has to offer? What are people losing?Ĥ. What aspects of Mae’s life at the Circle seemed creepy or rubbed you the wrong way? What aspects of Mae’s life at the Circle did you really like?ģ. What messages (if any) did it seem like Eggers was trying to get across? How successful was he? Ģ. If reproducing, please credit with the following statement: 2015 Mount Prospect Public Library. The Library is happy to share these original questions for your use. These book discussion questions are highly detailed and will ruin plot points if you have not read the book. What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge. Mae can’t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world-even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime.

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