1. What do Maria and Bob think about the importance of manners in a society?
Maria thinks that the basis of modern society is communication and good communication requires manners.
Bob thinks that manners play a significant role in human relationships as they refer to the polite and good behaviors in a society. They mean certain values of human relationship that keep the society lively.
2. How does Maria support her opinion?
She thinks that manners are required even in our very basic daily routines. People live, study and work together in every part of their lives.
3. What are some arguments against Bob’s opinion?
Human life has become too much varied and busy today. We are both short of time and space but there are different kinds of societies we are supposed to be involved in. For this reason, it is commonly believed that manners are out of use today.
4. Why do some people think manners are unnecessary today?
Some people think manners are unnecessary today because manners that have been taught for centuries are not sincere at all because they are the things we have decided on, they are the expectations that have been forced to the new generations by the former ones. For this reason, they support the idea that people should behave as they wish not as the others wish.