Discussion Q's Week 6

4.
I sympathize with John. Perhaps the fact that his character had more development influenced me a little but what made me take his side the most was that we, as the audience, knew everything that was said or done while John and Carol were having their meetings. We knew that John didn’t really try to rape Carol and we heard exactly what he did and did not say to her. When Carol starts making accusations the audience is a witness and can think to ourselves, “No, that never happened!”


5.
I think John was revealing himself to Carol to try to show her that he understood where she was coming from. He felt they had similar life experiences –feeling stupid. He was just trying to connect with her but she obviously did not think he was. She thought he was mocking her perhaps or trying to change the subject and get her to focus on something else.

8.
I think the statement is saying that there is no way to take a side because there’s not enough facts to decide who is right or wrong. And both characters, John and Carol, honestly believe they are correct. And if you look at the situation through each of their character’s eyes you can see why and how they could believe what they do.