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To begin with, Bradbury uses Plato’s Allegory of the Cave as a central metaphor to explain the underlying meaning of the cave, which is ignorance. Plato explains that the cave is all the prisons know when he states “they have been there from childhood… can only see into the cave … and they see only the shadows (Plato 150).” The prisons were raised their whole life looking into a cave which sheltered them from knowledge. Also they could only see the shadows of the wall as if it is real. Plato’s cave is similar to Montag’s society where citizens are trapped in the cave and ignorant world because they know nothing but the three television screens in their patron. For example, Montag’s

Watching this documentary was exceedingly intriguing and I would recommend it for others. A rock slide covered the original entrance creating a time capsule to preserve the beautiful art work and the oldest paintings discovered. Learning the cave was perfectly sealed for thousands and thousands of years brings up several questions and is simply fascinating. They described the paintings as fresh because it looked as if it was done just yesterday but, there was something growing on them proving it was aged. There was also torch scrapings from about 28,000 years ago; scientists were able to determine this with current technology. I would imagine since they found many animal skull remains that it could have been possible some animals were trapped for quite some

In the cave I was shocked with how beautiful it was on the inside. The caves I have visited have never looked this neat. When we first saw the inside we see that there were these crystal icicle looking things all over the place and they looked really clean compared to other caves that I have

As I sat in class to watch Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing", I noticed that a 20 year old film could convey such overwhelmingly real, modern social viewpoints. Many of the themes portrayed in "Do the Right Thing" which pave the way to the inescapable disarray of the movie that are issues which we confront today. Bedford–Stuyvesant or better known as Bed-Stuy, this Brooklyn neighborhood has gradually been the objective of gentrification since the mid 90s. Hip hop fans realize that Bed-Stuy is home to some of the most illustrious and well known artists like Jay Z, Notorious B.I.G., Mos Def, Lil' Kim, actor-comedian Tracy Morgan, thus some more.

You can’t just assume the cave, or any symbol, stands for one specific meaning when it could stand for a whole number of things. A symbol in a book may be a simple object, such as a cave, but, like a cave, theres way more depth to a symbol than what you see on the outside.

The cave paintings of Chauvet-Pont-D 'Arc are one of the oldest prehistoric sites in the world. It is located in the Ardeche region of southern France. Chauvet-Pont-D 'Arc cave was only discovered as recently as 1994. Jean-Marie Chauvet and his team of cavers just happened to stumble upon it when they removed a rumble of stones that blocked the passageway (Introduction to the Cave). This is such an extraordinary piece of art history due to the time period and what it can tell us about our history. Through the rich history, to the art inside the caves, and the interpretation of what it means, Chauvet-Pont-D 'Arc cave it is nothing less then a story that has to be told.

In the novel Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng uses character, setting, and resolution to create the theme that selfishness, whether purposeful or subconscious, leads to ruin.

The cave was thought to be occupied around 700,000 to 35,000 years ago, as the findings have resulted in various animal, human bones, and tools. All a different age that suggests the cave was occupied at various points in the past.

I believe this can best be attributed to the mind’s natural inclination of being trapped (conforming) after being subjected to just the sensory parts of life within the cave for an extended time. The subject’s senses are but shadows of the real things and not a full understanding of the world they encompass. Sometimes it’s human nature to fear the unknown or the philosophical truths and through education of the psyche, one can hope to form a better understanding of knowledge outside of their

Yes, you heard that right -- the cave is totally sealed up in all directions. It’s been cut off from the rest of the world

When reading “The Cave,” I immediately reason that the allegory symbolizes an individuals fight to comprehend the belief of heaven and hell. Therefore, the prisoners living within the cave must symbolize specific individuals that have interminably fought to apprehend this far off notion of some sort of afterlife. Moreover, the cave thus symbolizes the minds of these individuals, trapped in a flaming cavern. As Plato writes, “Above and behind them a fire is blazing.” (The Cave) Alternatively, I believe that the prisoners are grievously deranged. This notion derives from my hypothesis that the shadows walking behind the wall are actually spirits traveling to the afterlife. As a consequence, these prisoners are ultimately conjuring their images

Since the entrance of the cave was so narrow, retrieving the fossils took cooperation, precision, and technology. Two “underground astronauts” were lowered into the cave on a cable. They had cameras, which projected an image onto a television screen for the other scientists on the project could be “in the cave” with them. This technology made it possible for scientists all over the world to follow along with the expedition. 3-D models of the fossils

The two stories, “All Summer in a Day” and “Something Passed By” share key aspects about them that portray themes/symbols of the bad side of human nature and societal views. In the first story, the children lock up Margot in a locker and forget to let her out to see the sun for the first time in many years. In the second story, the doomscreamer is begging and yelling for help, yet everyone stands around and watches him sink under the ground. These parts in the stories make connections with the reader in the sense that they represent greatly how people in the world today behave and they can be analyzed in numerous different ways.

In the Allegory of the Cave, Plato uses a cave as an analogy between humans and the outside world. Plato describes humans living underground in a dark cave, and not really being able to move. The only thing the humans in the cave can see is shadows along the wall. Maybe the point of this is to show that not many people think outside of the box and are just used to the same schedule day in and day out. When people do “go out of the cave” and branch out, they have to adapt to the change because they are not used to the new found freedom. Once they become familiar with the surroundings and their new abilities, people try to encourage others to think the way they do. Maybe in thinking this way they are trying to bring awareness to the fact that

For this analysis, I have chosen to examine the opening scene starting at 4:30 and running to 8:00. This scene, while at the very beginning of the film, and also including some opening credits, can be seen as alluding and hinting to the whole idea of the film. It shows the major themes right in the first few minutes; however, the audience does not know that until further into the film and the opening shots seem to make more sense. This scene is so great because it reveals the whole theme of the film within the first ten minutes. In the beginning of the selected clip, it is in the form of a