The seminar influenced my thinking about a topic because I gained some more insight into how
Oceania's society functioned. I learned about how it connected to the real world as well, since there
have been histories of people with authoritarian governments. Several examples of this are Germany,
during the Nazi era, as well as North Korea. To start the seminar, I asked, "Why does everyone call
each other 'comrade?'" I thought that it was a result of the country always being at war, but the
responses I got were that it was just a word used to address each other, just as Mr. and Mrs. would be
used.
I agreed with the idea that the citizens had to be careful about what they said and thought because
they were being watched by Big Brother and his regime. The citizens could be arrested for saying or
doing anything that the government viewed as a threat. I didn't really disagree with anything that was
said, because I thought that everyone's ideas made sense. I should have told the group my response to
the question, because it could have presented an opportunity to take the conversation in another
direction, but I didn't.
Everyone had good ideas and the discussion was thought-provoking in general. Everyone shared their
insights and views on certain topics. People were attentive and engaged in the discussion. Sasha did a
good job of facilitating it and making sure that everyone was involved. Some questions were really
good, as well, I had to think for a while to come up with the answer several times.
The main thing that people should work on is making their questions clear and relatively easy to
comprehend. There were several times that I had no idea how to answer a question because it was
either too complicated or it didn't get to the point. In both cases, I had no idea what some of those
questions were asking, which might have limited some opportunities to make a really insightful
comment. That is the main thing that people should work on.
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