How might one analyze the essay "A Dialogue on Democracy," by A. S. Hornby?

A. S. Hornby’s “A Dialogue of Democracy” is a brief work
in which a young couple, Jack and Anne, discuss the different ways in which the word
“democracy” can be (and has been) defined. Among those ways are the
following:

• The American system of government,
  with a President and Congress. This system gives the President great
  powers.


• The British system of government, with a
  Prime Minister and Parliament. This system limits the power of the Prime
  Minister.


• The ancient Athenian system of
  government – a democracy in which free persons nevertheless owned
  slaves.


• A system, such as that in Britain, in
  which civil servants seem both powerful and limited in their
  power.


• A system, such as that in Britain, in
  which Members of Parliament are elected by the people but are told how to vote by party
  leaders.


• A system, such as that in Britain, in
  which the people can replace one government with another if they choose but in which
  elections can be delayed for years by the party in
  power.


• A system in which people often vote in
  their own self-interests, even when they do not understand many issues on which they are
  voting.


• A system in which at least two parties
  compete against each other.


• A system involving
  “People’s Democracies,” in which much property is owned by the
  state.


• A system in which the people are free to
  criticize the government.


• A system in which all
  people can vote but in which various kinds of inequalities still
  exist.


• A system in which people regard one
  another as equals and address one another as
  equals.

As Jack appropriately exclaims
in the very last sentence of the work,

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How difficult it is to get a definition
for this word!