How does Carr’s reference to pre-digital technology support his argument about the way the internet is changing our brains?

The Shallows Essay

In a 500-word typed, MLA formatted essay, explain the roles of our pre-digital heritage in Carr’s argument in The Shallows. Though Carr’s book focuses on how we are affected by digital technologies, the internet in particular, most chapters include some discussion of people, objects, technologies, events, and/or ideas that originated before the advent of digital technology, in some cases several centuries or even millennia before (see his examples of written language/the alphabet, the printing press, the map, the clock, etc.). Write an essay that explains the role that this pre-digital heritage plays in helping Carr advance his arguments about our digital era. Why does he include these examples? What to they support or prove? Explain.

Keep in mind the following essay structure:

Your introduction should contain an opening hook, background information on the author and novel, and a thesis statement that answers the following question:

How does Carr’s reference to pre-digital technology support his argument about the way the internet is changing our brains?