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    The Allegory Of The Cave

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    HooooookThe Allegory of the Cave is an essay written by Plato. Plato was once a student of Socrates and many of his writings‚ including this piece‚ contains discussions and dialogues Socrates held between his students and Plato transferring his words into writings. Plato describes the idea to what it means to become enlightened and what it will take to reach enlightenment. In order to achieve enlightenment according to Plato‚ one must pull themselves up from the material world and climb up the ladder

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    Allegory Of The Cave

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    Upon reading the Allegory of the Cave‚ one can see that Plato is arguing the importance of defining the theory of what is really being seen versus illusions that we see and think are reality. In this play‚ prisoners are chained by their feet and necks so that they can not move their bodies or their heads‚ forcing them to look straight ahead at a stone wall. A fire is burning behind them and people are walking with sculptures across a platform in front of the fire‚ creating projected images onto

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    Allegory of The Cave

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    A Deeper Look into the Cave True reality is not obvious to most of us. We mistake what we see and hear to be reality and truth. This is the basic premise for Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ in which prisoners sit in a cave chained down‚ and are forced to watch images of vessels‚ statues and figures of animals made of wood and stone cast on the wall in front of them. They have no other option but to accept these views as reality and they are unable to grasp their overall situation: the cave and images

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    Have you ever wondered how Christians keep on going through all the trials‚ both large and small that they encounter. In the Pilgrim’s Progress‚ Christian embarks on a journey‚ full of trials and triumphs‚to reach heaven. During his journey Christian meets many people‚ both friend and foe. He is helped and mislead both by others and by himself. Leaving his family and friends‚ Christian seeks the Celestial City‚ because he knows it is everlasting and that his hometown and its people will eventually

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    Modern Pilgrim: Politician The Politician wears his navy blue blazer‚ pleated pants‚ and red tie on all occasions. Though he may not looking or feeling the best‚ his personal team of makeup artists are there to help him at his time of need. Through age‚ his hair has turned as white as stripes on the American flag. However‚ for him to get his position it took more than having good makeup‚ white hair‚ and a nice suit. Being brought up in a wealthy family of lawyers‚ he was almost bred to be a politician

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    progress report

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    Memo TO: Karen Klein‚ CSR‚ Co-Owner/Head of Technology FROM: Valerie J. Eames‚ CSR‚ CCRR‚ Freelance Court Reporter DATE: December 13‚ 2009 SUBJECT: Recommendation Report for Research on Implementing In-House Videoconferencing ______________________________________________________________________ I have attached my recommendation report with regards to the research I conducted as to the costs and benefits to Ludwig Klein Reporters & Video by purchasing videoconferencing equipment to

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    robbery in progress

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    When responding to what would generally be considered a “code 3” call in effect‚ an emergency requiring excess speed and the use of sirens and lights‚ the first thing the responding officers need to do is keep their emotions under control‚ as failure to do so can result in a bad shoot out‚ use of excessive force in subduing suspects‚ or sloppy investigative work at the crime scene. In this particular case‚ the first officers on the scene would physically separate the three witnesses‚ take

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    Allegory Of The Cave

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    The “Allegory of the Cave” can be explained by using the Abercombie’s perspective. The story is about the one of the prisoners who is chained inside the cave since his childhood. The prisoner’s understanding of the world is very limited to what he can see and hear in the cave such as the shadow and the voice of the people crossing behind. People’s schema is always influenced by the context and used to interpret the information‚ so that the prisoner believes the shadow is the real object and the voice

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    discuss. Although I really enjoyed poetic memoir in Surrendering by Ocean Vuong and the story of family development in Cisneros’ Ghosts and Voices‚ I found my responses to the other three readings were more important to discuss. In Alibis’ A Literary Pilgrim Progresses to the Past‚ I found that as someone who has continually tried their hand at writing‚ I really connected to this reading. I completely understand that it’s very difficult to discover what distinguishes you from others. Sometimes even when

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    SlaughterHouse-Five is a book about a man named Billy Pilgrim who is stuck in time‚ and constantly travels throughout different events in his life. Billy accepts different values and sees traumatic and morbid events differently than others. Billy accepts a way of life that is not perceivable to other humans. Many would argue that Billy’s experiences make him insane‚ but Billy’s experiences with the Tralfamadorians actually allows him to preserve his sanity‚ and stay a very intelligent man. Many

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