Summary and Response

KOHEI YKOMI

Amy Lee

Writing&Reading645

May 29, 2013

SUMMARY

              According to “Don`t Share Your Life with Me,” written by Ellen Goodman, the cell phone has negative effects.  First, people use cell phones in public and speak loudly without taking care of their private information. Second, they concentrate on cell phones while they are using them. They use their cell phones even when someone is serving them, for example, at a hair salon. According to Goodman, this behavior is like they are saying, “You’re invisible.” She further says that originally, we were afraid that someone would invade our privacy, but now someone invades our space with the personal details of their lives.

Response

              I agree with the author`s idea. I have also seen a person talking with someone on the cell phone in the train. She was talking about her boyfriend loudly, so everyone in the same car could hear everything she was saying。 People really don`t care about the fact they are revealing their privacy to public when they are calling. We should take care about that because someone may make bad use of our information. Goodman states that people made a way to avoid eye contact long ago, but now they have to avoid ear contact. This is interesting and right to the point.  Also, I think we should stop using the cell phone when someone is serving us because it`s rude and the server will feel awkward hearing about our privacy. As Goodman says, originally we were afraid that someone would invade our privacy and know the personal details of our lives, but now someone invades our privacy with the personal details of their lives. It`s ridiculous. We have to think again about how we should use the cell phone appropriately.