These statement: Felipe starts in reality but chooses to leave reality whereas the freed prisoner from the Allegory of the cave starts inside the cave but chooses to find reality.
This is a rough draft of the image I am using to illustrate my thesis statement. The middle is a circle that is half dark and fall light. This represents the outside world and the inside world, the cave. The inside world is shown through the dark half in that it is a cave and a trap and it shows Felipes choice to stay in this world. The outside world is shown through the light part of the circle that also has a ladder. This shows that with any trap or cave there is a way out. Felipe had a way out as well, he could of just left her house but he chose not to. This shows that when the freed prisoner was freed he chose to take this opportunity to escape and see the world and find reality. The circles around the middle circle represent the journey to reality. It shows that it is hard and confusing to journey to reality but eventually the freed prisoner adjusts to the sunlight and prefers reality. Felipe does not want to stay in reality and improve his life he would rather find a different reality so he goes through the circles the other way around, towards he middle circle. His journey is from reality to the inside world. For Felipe those circles shows the reasons and path to Felipe wanting to leave reality.
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j.yusufova // May 14th 2016 at 11:44 am
Sorry I had trouble uploading the image here it is,
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4d019f0d1e&view=fimg&th=154afe61de59f258&attid=0.1&disp=inline&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ8VvJyLOOAvqhGdjo7K2pdsBJlyTK-Zt8Kk8_FrnXX9eznclmywJjFgrVDDZLSkTWtCJZv9-GsrKSBHwjtV3S8dPC1LjnEov7GVMsHWvR_ejONtcqQH53H7k8c&ats=1463240023746&rm=154afe61de59f258&zw&sz=w1143-h596
JMERLE // May 14th 2016 at 1:06 pm
Unfortunately, I couldn’t access your image at the link above, but, as I said in class, I really like your thesis, and the image sounds specific enough, and your discussion of your connection of the journey to the model is also specific and intriguing. I look forward to seeing this in the final version! Nicely done.
r.bohbot // May 14th 2016 at 2:52 pm
Hi Jessica,
Love your analysis on the relation between Felipe and Plato’s freed slave from his allegory of the cave!
Great work, I look forward to reading your essay!
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