In the story The Allegory of The Cave written by Plato. There are 2 characters Socrates and Glaucon, Glaucon is a student and Socrates is a Philosopher. Socrates talks to Glaucon about human beings who are prisoners that have been chained since childhood in this dark underground den. The prisoners are chained from their legs and neck facing a wall preventing them from being able to turn their heads.The underground den in which the prisoners are chained to is very dark the only light is the fire blazing from behind and above these prisoners. So all they have seen their whole life is shadows they have basically created this life that everything is a shadow.Socrates tells glaucon what if he were to let one of the prisoners go outside of the cave the prisoner would not ever believe that what is outside the cave is reality, the real world. He would feel pitty for the other prisoners and he woul have to let them know that what they have been seeing their whole lives, was just shadows not a reality.
Hi Fatima,
ReplyDeleteGood work on your summary - you've got the basic gist of the passage down. You've included many supporting facts and ideas, though I think you can still get a little more specific on some more details. Great job on leaving out the unimportant information. There are a few spelling and grammatical errors, but otherwise it's in your own words with no personal opinion and it's well written.
Looking forward to your future works.
Sup Fatima,overall i feel you summarized the passage well. You didn't add any of your personal opinions and used your own words. The only thing wrong i can say i saw was that you were a little too general some more details wont have hurt, other than that good job.
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