Paleolithic era of hunting and gathering. For example‚ when art historians look at the cave paintings in the Lascaux Cave in France‚ some believe what they are seeing is a religious ritual where the hunters are asking the gods or deities for a successful hunt. They base this conclusion by comparing the size and detail of the animals vs. the smaller size and lack of detail in the people. When you look at the cave painting this does make sense. Here you have sticklike small men shooting arrows into
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The Allegory of the Cave Response paper The Allegory of the Cave is one of the most philosophical writings based on reality I have ever read. I have read a lot from Henry David Thoreau‚ from C.S. Lewis and others‚ but this piece of Plato’s book ‘Republic’ made a big impression on me mostly because it was written in Ancient Greece in the fourth century B.C. My favorite part of the book is in the first paragraph: “like the screen at a puppet show‚ which hides the performers while they show
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Beowulf vs. A Navy Seal There are several characteristics that make up a hero. A hero can be strong‚ brave‚ determined‚ or a great leader. Beowulf and a Navy Seal possess these characteristics. Both are brave leaders who put themselves in harm’s way to protect the people that they represent. Both are warriors who are strong willed and determined to fight an enemy that threaten the security of others. Although they are much the same‚ there are several differences that makes the Navy Seal the
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And the reason he decided to escape was that he wanted to question everything he learned from inside the cave. When he finally left the cave‚ he was in disbelief; it was pretty much a culture shock to him. Everything was so different compared to his life inside the cave that he didn’t want to believe any of the world outside of it. When he finally accepted the new ideas‚ he discovered the truth. Since he was able to discover the truth
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In the video “The Cave” by Provided there where prisoners who sat at the bottom of a cave without any outside contact and every day they would see and hear people and animals walk on the bridge and never know what the outside world was like. One prisoner got released and saw the world for the first time and was so excited he had to go tell his friends in the cave but when he went to go tell them they didn’t know who he was or what he was saying so they never knew about the outside world. To me‚ the
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111-35D Explain cool hunting. According to the video‚ what is the paradox of cool hunting? Cool hunting is simply how companies hire outside experts to “hunt for whats in” or “find the new/hip style”. They look for the trend setters (the 20%) who are sought out to influence the other 80% of the population. The paradox with that is that once it becomes a public image; they then need to find a new image. Once something new like a trend or theme is brought to sight; it becomes old and you’ll need
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The Allegory of the Cave Analysis Plato’s The Allegory of a Cave there are two men discussing whether or not someone who has only been kept in the dark would have trouble adjusting to a new enlightened world. Plato was a teacher‚ so his story must’ve been for his students to ponder. Plato tells his story in a very solemn way‚ almost as if he’s teaching the audience in a very patient way. Plato compared the man in the dark to someone who had little knowledge and when he entered to a world with light
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In‚ Freaks‚ Geeks‚ and Cool Kids: American Teenagers‚ Schools‚ and the Culture of Consumption‚ Murray Milner argues that the teenage behaviors which provoke adults do not arise from hormones‚ bad parenting‚ poor education‚ or the media; rather from young people’s lack of power over the direction of their lives. Most teenagers have little say over the school they attend‚ their courses of study‚ and their classmates. Even fewer still do not have voting and drinking privileges and are not financially
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I think people join the navy to get out of their see the world. Most do it to leave their home town. Some join for the training and experience from on the job training. The different options the navy offers such as a short break from the high school routine or a full career is something that appeals to most people. With nearly 400‚000 active duty sailors‚ the largest in the world‚ the navy offers men and women the chance to serve for their country and make a difference. I joined for the same reason
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In the dialogue‚ Socrates asks Glaucon to imagine a cave‚ in which some people are kept. These people have been in the cave since their childhood‚ and each of them is held and chained‚ so they can’t move their legs and necks. They forced to look at a wall in front of them‚ and behind them there is a fire. Also‚ there are another people behind
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