To Siri With Love Analysis

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The essay, “To Siri, with Love: How One Boy with Autism Became BFF with Apple’s Siri” by Judith Newman, drew me into the story and I was pulled into this new world where I could imagine it all happening. The author included dialogues and visuals, I feel like she became her son or a 13-year-old teenager. She included short parts in her essay which would attract kids or even 13-year-old teenagers. The author wanted to reflect her son’s connection with Siri. The author’s son, Gus, gets all his answers and unlimited communication through Siri. The author seems fascinated with the connection between Gus and Siri, even though Gus knows Siri isn't human he still gives Siri a lot of importance just like one would give their friend. The connection between gas and Siri also affects his mom. The author seems to hate and love Siri at the same time. On page 453, the author briefly describes Gus and series connection: “ So how much more worthy of his care and affection is Siri with her soothing voice, puckish humor and capacity …show more content…

The author is trying to inform us that machines can solve certain problems because they have the ability, unlike humans who have colliding emotions. The author's view is that “Siri can be oddly comforting, as well as chummy” (455) because of her free-flow attitude of communicating with everyone. The author uses unique words which make Siri sound pleasant, positive, attractive and happy. The aspects of Siri that show friendliness portray her grit of not giving up on anyone and treating everyone the same. The author mentions that “Siri is a non-judgmental friend and teacher” (455) because it's a machine with patience and no human emotions. The author seems to mention this because Siri is a patient teacher who would just keep teaching new skills and habits without reacting like a normal human

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