Riverwood

After escaping the dragon I followed the man named Hadvar into a town called Riverwood. Here Hadvar introduced me to his uncle Alvor. Here Alvor informs me that I must let the Jarl know about the dragon. I am assuming at this point that the Jarl can be compared to being similar of that of a king. It is interesting to see how as a player I can communicate with many different people and discover what their life is life and what is going on in the world. From talking to just Alvor I discovered a war that was going on between the Empire and the Thalmor. This type of interaction is interesting because any other player could have easily just ignored Alvor and would have learned less than half the information I did about Skyrim.

In terms of choices given for interaction, I am given many different topics to talk about and when asking about all of the subjects I realized I had learned much about Riverwood and the surrounding cities. Some of the limitations of conversation are that I do not get to choose what I ask. The choices of conversation are predetermined. However, I can reply to some questions/topics in different ways which cause the other character I am interacting with to have different responses based on what I state. 

These different options in the game give the player the freedom of choice. Players are given the choice to interact with the people of Skyrim along with the choice to ignore them. Its interesting because two different players can have completely different game play experiences and I could see many different ways that people could play this game.