What is the author's style in Conversations of Socrates by Xenophon?

The Conversations of Socrates has three distinct perspectives and a fourth, composite perspective, each of which contains important subtleties. The first perspective of importance is Robin Waterfield's, the editor. Waterfield spends the introductions explaining the text of the dialogue to the reader and addressing various historical and interpretative puzzles. Xenophon's perspective is heavily biased in favor of his friend and teacher Socrates.

The third major perspective is that of Socrates himself. Socrates was an unusual individual. While he was jovial, kind to his friends and often sociable, he could be a real pain to people, particularly to powerful individuals in the city. Socrates made enemies often by challenging the powerful in public to defend their views on complex topics. Socrates' perspective is one of a man intent on finding the truth in the most abstract sense of the term. The perspective of Socrates' interlocutors varies widely depend on who his interlocutor is.