Tuesday, September 20, 2011
allegory of the cave
The allegory in the cave is a text about a man who lived in a cave only seeing shadows but views the outside world for the first time.He never seen sunlight or the sky prior to leaving the cave.When he first left the cave he would feel pain in his eyes due to living in darkness for all this time.People or other creatures were unfamiliar to him because he was used to seeing them as figures on the cave wall.He had to learn how to adjust to the outside world as oppose to living in a cave.The moral of this text is a man who lived a certain way his whole life now has to adjust to living in a completely different way
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1. Is the main idea (thesis) of the passage clearly and correctly stated?
ReplyDeleteYes but some changes were made.
2. Are the important supporting ideas stated correctly and fully?
No.Allegory of the cave is the discussion of the scenario narrated by plato.
3. Are all (or nearly all) unimportant ideas excluded?
Yes
4. Is the summary in the writer’s own words?
Yes
5. Is the summary written with few grammar/spelling/style errors?
Grammatical errors.
6. Does the summary retain the sense and organization of the original passage?
Not fully.
7. Is personal opinion included in the summary?
No
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