Ben brought in his homework and we reviewed his answers to three questions. He answered each thoroughly and his responses indicated excellent inferential and comprehension skills. I pointed out one or two grammatical errors, but Ben commented that he used voice dictation to explain the errors. He was, however, cognizant and receptive to the corrections. We then analyzed O'Brien's depiction of the three powers and compared it to totalitarianism regime. Ben demonstrated a sound knowledge of history and we reviewed the term oligarchy which came up during discussion of the text. I was very pleased with the quality of the responses Ben delivered in his response to the questions asked of him.