Proposals often arise from a critical look at contemporary culture. Here, Katelyn Vincent draws upon her own experiences to argue, finally, that technology is taking up too much of our lives. She dramatizes the issue by describing her own struggle to survive for twelve hours without the Internet.

The narrative structure Vincent uses in “Technology Time-Out” is not typical of more formal proposals, especially those that follow the pattern outlined in Chapter 6. But as she tells the story of her twelve hours without the Internet, which elements of a typical proposal do you find in theessay? How well does Vincent’s proposal make a case for taking a break from technology?