Dear friends,
I want you to read and guess who or what the two characters of the dialogue below are and why you think so and what techniques the first character uses trying to change the other one. Thank you very much.
P.S. This is my own dialogue.
- Do you believe that caterpillar will turn into butterfly one day?
- Do you believe that ugly duckling can be a swan not in the tale?
-Oh, yes, at least this ugly duckling can have a try to be a swan.
- A duckling- swan?! You must be crazy!
It’s like a weed becomes a daisy!
-Who is afraid to fly will always crawl
You know it and still resist the sky.
-Crawl on the ground, let me mention,
With little risk that I will die.
-You know outcome of flying?
I doubt that. You’ve never tried.
-Come on, be real, look around
You see that everything is fun
We are in comfort- safe and sound
Secure under shining sun.
-The sun is fire and the fire can burn- is it secure? Unless you look at the other side, the side that warms, gives light and gives us food.
- And now you will tell me the use of water?
-You see that everything is changing
To be in harmony, in peace.
-But how can I change myself?
It’s not my plan, not in my list.
-You think that lists dictate the rules?!
I pity you, my friend.
-You might be right but give me clues
Persuade me to the end.
-I gave you many but you refuse to see the evident.
- You mean I am illogical without sense and reason?
-Not at all. You are the one that using reason can change the world.
-Can I?...
This comment about changing minds seems to be a very interesting dialogue and I see it as a natural discussion between mother and child. It looks like the mother wants to change bit by bit the perception of her own child about things happening outside the house, to show to her child that what it is being perceived as real may change in the future.
YanıtlaSilThe dialogue is full of poetry and philosophy and the examples are carefully taken from the childish world of fairly tales, such as duck, swan sky etc. It seems to be a very good way of persuasive and proactive discussion to change a child’s mind or at least to convince him/her about the real world and what happens out there. I am pretty sure that the commentator is a wonderful mother and is using this useful technique in practice.