Observation 6

Research Interview Questions:

1.) Growing up did you ever watch the Smurfs?
2.) What did you think of the show?
3.) As a child, did you or your parents ever question the morality or purpose of the show?

(at this point I would present facts from the cartoon that would suggest my thesis: that capitalism is shown in a negative light and communism is shown in a positive light)

4.) Given these observations, how do you feel about the cartoon now?
5.) How much do you personally know about communism and capitalism?
6.) Do you think the cartoon agrees with my thesis? Why or why not?

My purpose in conducting this interview would be to identify someone's prior knowledge on the topics of communism and capitalism, to gather others' opinions on the cartoon, and to gauge if my thesis is relevant to my observations from the cartoon. I think that I would get many mixed responses.