Blog #17

At the end of the conversation in the poem the stranger has learned nearly no relative information about the speaker. The stranger has learned little, meaningless bits of information throughout the whole conversation. The questions being asked were short and simple questions based off of assumptions and stereotypes of the speaker. To have a more meaningful conversation the stranger should have planned out questions that would lead into a real conversation instead of randomly asking whatever comes to mind. If the stranger would have been listening to the responses, they would have been able to reflect on the speakers ideas and develop better questions. Better questions would give them better responses leading to more knowledge. 

Listening to the tone of the dialogue, they would have been able to realize that the speaker was not entertained and in a way insulted by the stereotypical questions. Therefore they could have easily changed the route of the conversation. This poem is an example of how listening is more important than speaking because what you say is built off of what you hear. Communication is how we build relationships and relate to one another and if you don't listen, how are you going to continue a meaningful conversation? If the stranger asking the questions had been listening it could have been a whole different conversation.