Introduction: An allegory is a kind of story in which writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface story. One of the most important allegories ever to be gifted to humankind is Allegory of the Cave. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is one of the most potent and pregnant of allegories that describe human condition in both its fallen and risen states. The Allegory of the Cave is Plato’s explanation of the education of the soul toward enlightenment. It is also known as the Analogy of
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TITLE Of Assignment In Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave‚ the allegory narrates three prisoners in a cave who have never seen the outside world. Their arms‚ legs‚ and necks are tied to a rock so all they can see is a bare wall. Behind the prisoners is a fire that emits the shadows of statues onto the bare wall. However‚ the prisoners see the shadows on the wall as real objects because they have been there since birth. They think the shadows are the true forms because that is the only truth they
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The Choices We Make Imagine if you had to choose whether to go to an amazing party your friends invited you to or study for your finals test. Would you follow your brain and decide to study or follow your heart and go to the party? The main protagonist‚ Santiago‚ has to face many decisions like this in his journey to the Pyramids of Giza. In the novel‚ The Alchemist‚ by Paulo Coelho‚ Santiago learns‚ “Remember where your heart is‚ there you will find your treasure.” For example‚ Santiago learns some
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The Crystal Merchant and Englishman’s Development “We make a lot of detours‚ but we’re always heading for the same destination” (77). Paulo Coelho’s novel The Alchemist reveals how Santiago goes about in a journey to achieve his Personal Legend. In his journey Santiago meets several people‚ although not everyone served a role in helping him realize his Personal Legend‚ but the Crystal Merchant and the Englishman served as big part in the realization of Santiago Personal Legend. Santiago had to
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Plato’s Allegory Of The Cave A Springboard For The Matrix Author: Dew Property of Dew’s Matrix Fan Page (http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/theater/9175) IMPORTANT: For those of who are writing Matrix papers for school and wish to use my site as a source remember that all the articles on this site are copyrighted. This means that you MUST list Dew’s Matrix Fan Page (http://thereisnospoon.moviefever.com or http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/theater/9175) as a source and site all references
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Arlet Duran Response to “The Allegory of the Cave” What is truth? In “The Allegory of the Cave”‚ I believe truth is being portrayed as something we as humans see‚ maybe only once‚ without it even being the whole truth. Even then we neglect to see “other truths.” According to Socrates‚ and I quote‚ “From the beginning people like this have never managed‚ whether on their own or with the help by others‚ to see anything besides the shadows that are [continually] projected on the wall opposite
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The Alchemist The Alchemist encourages people to conform their Personal Legends‚ and to pursue their dream. Personal Legend means‚ that everyone has their ultimate goal in life‚ a type of ideal fate or destiny‚Many people don of accomplishing it. However many people don’t get the chance to accomplish them. It is not easy to accomplish them because we get to cede great things in life and we get to encounter within the process‚ however as a result of the sacrificing and struggling we get to achieve
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"Even if you cleaned my crystal for an entire year… even if you earned a good commission selling every piece‚ you would still have to borrow money to get to Egypt. There are thousands of kilometers of desert between here and there.” The crystal merchant refers to the Sahara desert on page 47 when Santiago asks him for money to get to Egypt the next morning. The crystal merchant laughs in response to Santiago’s request. Santiago pleads for money from the merchant but he doesn’t budge. Santiago needs
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE WHEN YOU REALLY WANT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN‚ THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE CONSPIRES IN HELPING YOU ACHIEVE IT. - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Mathematics – the subject captured my interest since I was a kid. The conceptual understanding and the logical application to the problems kept my mind awake‚ which made me glued to the subject. My passion for the subject made me to participate in “Ramanujan Talent Test” in which I secured state second rank. Another thing that intrigued me was
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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”‚ says former South African President‚ Nelson Mandela. While this statement is very true‚ there are a few caveats to this statement. If students do not want to reap all the benefits of education‚ they will not be as likely to change the world. In addition‚ the quality of instruction should facilitate learning. Also‚ students should be allowed to have fun in addition to learning. This allows schools to cater to the agenda
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