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    Allegory of the Cave and Fahrenheit 451 Comparison Montag – Chained Prisoner Montag is represented as a chained prisoner because he is part of the society. The society is represented as the other prisoners. The chained prisoners can only look one way and can’t move his body. This is reflected on Montag’s society by how they all think the same way. Clarisse – Freed Prisoner Clarisse is the one who is the rebel of the group of prisoners. She tries to go out and learn about the things. “I’m seventeen

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    Allegory of the Cave Plato’s Allegory of the Cave brings about many question compared to Christianity. He depicts a group of prisoners in a cave chained and unable to move. The only thing they can see is shadows cast upon the wall by their guards. The rationalism in this is very confusing but based on Christianity many of us are prisoners of the world we live in and are kept here by the others around us and are unable to see the truth of the word of Christ because of all the illusions

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    the fire and the prisoners there is a wall meant for objects to pass. Because of their limited vision (lack of movement)‚ those men can only see their own shadow and the shadow of different sculptures that pass over the wall‚ which are carried by other men they can’t see. One of those prisoners is released and starts walking around the cave. He is very confused by what he sees but finally he realizes that the shadows are just a representation of what is really there. The prisoner is forced to go out

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    the patrol come across the Japanese prisoner. At the start of the play‚ Bamforth obviously dislikes the Japanese. When the patrol first captures the Japanese prisoner‚ Bamforth is the only one (apart from Mitchem and Johnstone) who is willing to kill the prisoner. Bamforth says BAMFORTH: "It’s only the same as carving up a pig." He would be ready‚ standing up Bayonet in hand‚ feeling for the right spot to enter the bayonet into the prisoners body. This quote shows that when

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    “Allegory of The Cave” by Plato‚ a prisoner gets out of the cave that he has been imprisoned in his whole life and see’s the real world as it really is. I went through a similar situation when I decided to move out on my own and left my “cave” into the real world. “Behold! Human beings living in an underground den‚ which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the den; here they have been from their childhood” (page 1). The prisoner in the allegory of the cave has been

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    Plato’s piece of writing. For example‚ the chain holding the prisoners up where they can only look in on“Allegory of the Cave” by Plato is a story that formats like a conversation between Socrates and Glaucon. Plato writes about Socrates describing a cave with prisoners that have been there since birth. The prisoners had their legs and necks chained behind a wall‚ where they could only see what was in front of them. Behind the prisoners‚ there’s an opening to the outside world. Also‚ there is a fire

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    useless and dehumanized the prisoners were when looked at through the eyes of a prison guard. However I believe he was also trying to 3-the prisoner seems to accept his faith until the final moments leading to his death. Perhaps he is in shock and the situation only becomes real when the rope is tied around his neck. 4- The quote makes you feel like the prisoners life doesn’t matter. Not only does the superintendent feel no remorse but he can’t wait for the prisoner to die. 5-‘Well‚ quick

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    in-depth understanding of mother nature and the truth behind the things which cannot be seen‚ is also very important. Description of the Cave While describing the story‚ Socrates asks Glaucon to imagine a cave inhabited by people. These men are prisoners‚ and their hands and legs are shackled by chains(which symbolizes ignorance and little knowledge of the real world) . Moreover‚ the movement of their face is also restricted‚ so that they can see nothing but the wall in front of them(so that they

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    Experiments‚ and Results Melissa Anjeanette Edwards POLYTECH High School of Kent County‚ Woodside‚ Delaware Abstract During World War II experiments were done on the prisoners of war in Nazi Germany. Doctors for these camps came in all shapes and sizes including former S.S. Troops‚ Women‚ and a variety of prisoner doctors. The experiments differed as much as the doctors themselves; however they stayed the same in one factor‚ medical curiosity become killing in atrocious ways. The results

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    my rhetorical analysis is the “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato. In this text‚ Plato gives an explanation of his idea of the situation of humans in respect to knowledge by telling us an allegory. In his allegory‚ Plato says that there are a few prisoners seated in a cave behind a small wall facing a big wall. The only thing they can do is looking at the wall in front of them and listen‚ they cannot even move their neck or the rest of the body since they are tied with ropes. Behind them and the small

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