The popular source I chose is a newsletter on readwrite.com. The article is titled “How Technology Changes Our Relationships” and relates to Super Sad True Love Story because it explores the impact of technology on human relationships. The newsletters argument that society has become obsessed with technology, devaluing face to face relationships and causing a sense of isolation is supported by SSTLS’s portrayal of the change in character when around technology.

The newsletter claims that technology is a glorious tool that that we spend too much time on, either shopping or talking to other people. All this time spent on the internet makes us isolated and when with each other the use of technology makes “people want to be with each other, but also else where.” This impact of technology on human relationships is shown on page 99 of the novel when Eunice arrives to New York for the first time to visit Lenny and Lenny remarks that instead of being solely with him she is “absorbed by her aparat.” The theme of isolation caused by technology is further reinforced in Eunice’s letter to Grill-Bitch on page 144. In the letter Eunice tells Grill-Bitch that things are going very well with Lenny, “but a lot of the times I feel like I’m alone. Like I have nothing to say to him.” At this point in the novel Eunice is living with Lenny, so even though they have a lot of face to face interaction Eunice feels as if she is alone.

In conclusion, the novel and the newsletter agree that technology impacts our personal relationships with others.

http://readwrite.com/2012/03/05/how_technology_changes_our_relationships