Friday, December 5, 2014
Michael Moore in his documentary “Bowling
for Columbine” used the Socratic Method to
get the most information out of interviews and sources for the purpose of the
documentary. Since Moore is
researching/uncovering a huge topic that is multi-sided and very complex, his
questions have to be the same way. He has to prepare questions before the
interview and thoughtfully consider each question to get the most information
out of his sources. This includes coming up with follow up questions during an
interview that he can't plan for. All of this he did in the movie, when he was
interviewing the head guy of the NRA, he had some pretty tough questions that
left him speechless for a few moments. He asked questions like “why is this the
problem” and “What is different about America.” It was questions like these
that gave Moore
the answers that he was looking for. In the book Dialogues of Plato Socrates does this
same line of questioning/ reasoning when he is on trial for his life. He asks
thought out thought provoking questions aimed right towards your brain. And it’s these good questions that we have to think
about before answering that are the best ones.
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