Bloom's Literature is a great resource for students when studying authors and texts in-depth.
The Circle by
Now a Major Motion Picture;starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks. A bestselling dystopian novel that tackles surveillance, privacy and the frightening intrusions of technology in our lives. 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. 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. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company's modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. 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. 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.
As R Us by
Summary: Teenager Barrett Trent has been raised in isolation from mainstream society in an eco-cult called Simplicity. After the death of his uncle he must now live in the city with rich relatives. It is the near future, where advertising is all-pervading, in contrast to his previous life. Barrett finds out he is to be used as a guinea pig in experiments to find out the effects of advertising on an untouched mind. But Barrett may prove harder to crack than they think.
