Essays on Dave Eggers

Privacy is Theft?

Modern technology gives a lot of possibilities for people in everyday life. It is easier to stay in touch with your family and relatives, work more efficiently and make shopping. But more and more people nowadays are concerned about the privacy of their lives and security in digital age, as all their information becomes available for everyone who wants to know it via social media resources. The topic has been raised all the time by many people, but we always postpone it, thinking that it is not a right time to consider it. But it has found its literal ...

Immigration Reasons

Immigration is the process of changing residence, associated with the movement to the temporary or permanent residence in the other country, resulted by many reasons . Immigration is a feature of economic reality in many economically advanced countries; however, the profile of immigration reasons and population has a great diversity. Primary objective is the reason for migration. Thus, Europe is chosen as a place of destination if the immigrant wants to enjoy the right of borderless movement across the Schengen zone. Australia and Canada are chosen if an immigrant prefers to make use of liberal immigrant labor legislation. Others choose ...

‘Smile' for Transparency in Dave Eggers ‘The Circle’

Every organization oriented towards better performance looks into embracing transparency and accountability. This is a good show to the external environment if at all the organization can prove that its services and undertakings are free from fraud, honest and satisfaction guaranteed. Ideally, various advantages and benefits accrue to a firm that ensures that their transparency is known to the citizens and the government in their day to day operation of their business. The Circle by Dave Eggers depicts the encounters undergone by the character, Mae. Mae is subject into the transparency depiction process of the Circle Company. The company focuses ...

This 2014 novel by Dave Eggers is written in a dialogue form, giving a narration of the life of a certain man named Thomas and the accounts in his life. In the novel, Thomas is presented as a madman who is in his thirties. He is constantly troubled without understanding the source of such troubles. His friend, Bahn, had already been shot by the police in an incident that involved shooting. This incident of the killing of a friend constantly haunted Thomas, seeking o get an explanation from different people without really succeeding. To resolve the problems that he faces, he engages in a series ...

Book Reviews

Book Review # 1: Zeitoun This book by Dave Eggers is a spellbinding and enthralling description of Hurricane Katrina. Zeitoun, a true story, tells the story of an unjust arrest of and racial discrimination against a Syrian-American named Abdulrahman Zeitoun. Eggers tells the shocking tale of Zeitoun family and has once again proves that he is one of the most impressive literary writers in the United States of America. When New Orleans was struck by Hurricane Katrina, the prosperous Abdulrahman Zeitoun opted to stay at his place through the storm for protecting his house and business. After the passage of the ...

Ideological Position of Contemporary Culture as Related by Eggers, Foer, and Morrison

Definitive conclusions regarding contemporary literature and the ideological position it takes have yet to be conclusively drawn. What is clear is that writers of the twenty-first century have departed greatly from the predecessors of the previous century in terms of their place within the culture and understanding of it. While difficult to make broad statements about American literature as a whole due to its diversity, it is possible to closely analyze three popular works and connect similarities, which can then be used to make broader statements about the culture as a whole. Three books that have been widely printed and sold ...

Leadership entails a social process where an individual commanding a group enlists the help of his/her subordinates to accomplish a given objective. The term relationship generally denotes family ties, but also refers to the state of binding or connecting persons. At the work place, meaningful relationships with colleagues help workers to accomplish their tasks effectively. With this regard, I support the view held by Drath that leadership is relationship. According to Sloane and Drath (2) who strongly believe in the power of relationships to achieve results and positive change in organizations, it is prudent to lay the foundation for promoting productive ...