Elena Ferrante: ‘Beauty triumphs in childhood photos, along with charm, joy, happy laughter’

Article Summary

The first thing you need to explore for this article is the author itself. The author is a mystery! Seriously, she writes under a pseudonym and her identity has been a matter of intense debate. Check out this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Ferrante

Now, what is the article all about? If we have to summarize it in the shortest possible way, the article revolves around the modern-day trend of capturing our children in photographs and videos. Modern technology allows us to do this very easily.

The author points out how almost a film can be made out of this material and how every aspect of a child’s life is captured. The author goes on to explain that only the positive side is capture and not the negative side of the child growing up; this is in part caused by the parent’s desire to come off in the best light.

This is an interesting piece that makes you pause for a second and think: how technology is actually impacting our everyday lives.