1984 Socratic Seminar #2 Reflection

     The seminar influenced my thinking about  the way our society works today. The more people made connections to our world today to the dystopian society of 1984,  makes me realize how we do have some similar characteristics. Yet there are major features in the book that definitely differentiate our world to the society of 1984. One thing that  was brought up that made me think of something I had never thought of before, was how the Proles and the people of the Party were recruited. The more people talked about how the Proles may have the most freedom in the society, made me wonder how these people even became the Proles and how probably everyone wished they could be part of the Proles.
     A statement made by Rachel  is what I had agreed with most, she said that the society gives out newspapers to help supplement the illusion that the citizens do have some freedom in their hands and that they aren't just completely being over controlled and under surveillance. I agree with Rachel because, having newspapers not only helps the citizens feel like they live in a perfect society but it also helps the people of the Party and Big Brother help spread some information they would like the citizens to know. Although,  There was no statement that was said where I had disagreed with the most because the conversation within the group was basically just people building off of one another's ideas rather than overlapping ideas. If there was anything else that I could of said was probably agree with Rachel and her statement about the newspaper and I would of analyzed my ideas and thoughts about that situation as well.
     Something that worked really well for the seminar was how everyone was given the chance to talk as well as have their say on each of the topics that were brought up. I feel like nooone was really dominating the conversation this time. I also liked how our group was also able to get in more ethical and emotional appeals this time around, rather than just straight up logical appeals. Another thing that worked really well was how we started off by reading our summaries. I feel like by having us do this, we were able to all start off on the same page and know how everyone had taken in the information that we read about 1984 and  interpreted the events.
     Something that needs improvement is probably just the idea that we need more arguements within this group. This idea was brought up by Lina. She was saying how the conversation is getting a little boring since everyone is just agreeing with one another. So I feel like if we were to have added some spice into this group, having some arguements then using bits and pieces of information from the book to help support our statement would help make the conversation a bit more entertaining. But other than that, i feel like everything was good.