Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Looking Ahead: Week of December 7

http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/allegory.html

This is a link to Plato's Allegory of the Cave.

Also-- due Friday: the controlling idea practice regents on "Tornado Drill" and the related essay.

Homework due Thurday: Write a response to the connection between Self-Reliance, Frederick Douglass and the Allegory of the Cave.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 9, 2009 at 8:17 PM

    I think that self-empowerment could mean many things. To me, self-empowerment is something that you can have only if youve reached a time in your life where youve figured out what the world is truly like; by looking at the world from a realistic perspective based on what you have learned. From then on, the choices you make to make yourself or even the world better, is what makes you self-empowered. In "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass", Self-Reliance" by Emerson, and the other two controlling idea texts, the narrators have all gone through hardships and talked about how they have come across some type of great intelegence or self-actualization. Self-Empowerment is what they gained from this knowledge.
    ~Amanda Hernandez

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  2. AnonymousDecember 10, 2009 at 8:22 PM

    The Allegory of the Cave is similar to Fredrick douglass and the passage of Self-Reliance in that they speak about going beyond what you believe in, not being afraid of doing something others may not be doing. As the Ralph Emerson said, you may be misunderstood at first, but it's alright to be contradicted by society. By doing this you'll show other people you don't have to be stuck doing what others do, open their eyes and look to reality, because being yourself is what counts the most. -Gisell Firpo

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  3. AnonymousDecember 11, 2009 at 12:45 AM

    Ralph Emerson's "Self-Reliance," A Narritive of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and The Allegory of The Cave relate in that they both portray the goodness of being true to oneself is the best thing to do. Believing in yourself and what you do will help you in acheiving the goal in which you want to accomplish, and your beliefs and true self should not be altered by the opinions of society. -Chrismary Germoso

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