Charles Simic essay “ A Reunion with boredom” he talks about the days when they were living in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. He says that they had to sit in the dark for three days, with nothing to do, just sitting there in boredom. While reading Simic’s essay one of the quotes that really stood out to me was “Being temporarily unable to use the technology we’ve grown dependent on to inform ourselves about the rest of the world, communicate with others, and pass the time, is a reminder of our alarming dependence on them.” This quote stood out to be because it says a lot about the use of our technological devices today. If the power was to go out for a certain amount of days we would have no use for our smartphones, computers, and other devices, with no source of power we would be left in the dark with nothing to do ,sitting there like anxious little beings hoping and praying that the power would come on because we can’t miss an episode of “Gossip Girl”, or wondering what a certain person is tweeting at the moment. The quote also says a lot about how much we use a devices on a daily basis, its hard to go anywhere without seeing people eyes glue to screen, I must admit technology is a bit addicting even I’m addicted to it, I don’t really know a lot of people that can live without their phones on computer’s apart from my parents, but every once in a while it's good to just turn off the computer, TV, and go for a walk, drive around, you will start to notice things you haven't really noticed before.
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