Conversational English Opinion Questions

With the influx of students for Conversational English lessons, I am in need of some impersonal conversations starters for the earlier lessons when trust is being built. This way we can work on fluidity and vocabulary without having to be exposed during our first meetings. Let me know what you think (you might even recognize these story lines)! At this point, I'm open to corrections :)

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You are a fawn in the great land of Narnia, a world cursed to always be winter, for the past 100 years. The White Witch rules throughout the land and all who are smart do as she says. You have heard of an ancient prophesy about deliverance from perpetual winter, by the hands of two daughters of Eve and two sons of Adam, but few believe them to have any validity. Just the same, the White Witch has demanded that anyone who sees a daughter of Eve or a son of Adam to bring them to her immediately. One day you are walking back home from the post office, as usual, when something totally unusual happens - you meet Lucy, a human.
Do you report her to the white witch?

You are a humble musician who used to dream of being a great jazz musician, but at 50 years of age you have succumbed to the reality that you will never amount to more than a writer of music for t.v. commercials. For the past 5 years, your boss has noticeably been favoring the younger employees who are proficient with the newer technology and have landed many of the bigger deals. Your estranged daughter's wedding abroad falls directly in the middle of your last chance at keeping your biggest gig.
What do you do?

Your husband whom you love has a strong influence in the underground effort to end the war, and save the world from domination. He leaves again, and you don't hear from him for weeks - until you get word that he as been murdered by the enemy. You are devastated and heart broken, and feel as if you will never love again. But you meet this handsome man at the war shelter and together you work many hours helping others effected by war. Could you love again?
If you did fall in love with this man, and then got word from a trusted source that your husband was actually alive, but in a secret hiding place, what would you do?

You are a waitress at the local pub, and are often dreaming of a future where money won't be as tight. You have always thought of yourself as an honest person, and have never overtly stolen anything. You are even prone to giving money to the beggar at the corner on your way home from work. One day you happen upon $50 on the ground, near your neighbour's front door. You look around to see if anyone might have dropped it, and even knock at the neighbour's  door - but nobody's home. You were just thinking that you should go and get your hair cut before it takes over your face. So you decide to book an appointment that afternoon and use the $50 to pay for the cut, tax, and tip. What do you think you should have done?

You have always loved children, and sharing information and a passion for learning with others. Some of your friends are teachers at a school in the suburbs which runs a science fair for all of the students in grades 8-11. They are always in need of volunteer judges, and people to help the kids gain positive experiences in accepting challenges and taking ownership of their learning. You wanted to volunteer for the past three years, but weren't able to set the time aside for the event. This year, the date has crept up on you again, and you totally forgot that you had said 'yes'. There are so many factors that are preventing you from going, even if you had the best intentions to participate - finally - this year. You're tired, work's been stressful lately, the school is out-of-the-way, and you just had a fight with your best friend. But to not go for a fourth consecutive year would give the impression that you never cared. What do you do?

You grew up in a homogeneous upper-class society where everyone looked and acted the same. Suddenly, you have to move to live with your dad in a multi-cultural, low-income neighbourhood. At school you find yourself welcomed by a group of students who are fun, but totally different from yourself and what you were used to. You become interested in one of the guys/ girls who is smart and strong, but things get complicated when people start making comments about how you are different, and he/she doesn't belong in a relationship with someone like you. You really like this person and your relationship was strong up to this point. What do you do?