The Prisoner

Socrates: Let me pose a situation to you, Pentheus; imagine there are people in a cave. These people have been there since childhood, with their bodies shackled so that they can only see that which is right in front of them. They are unable to turn their heads, and know no world except that which is in front of them. Pentheus: I can imagine this, of course. Socrates: Now imagine that there is a fire roaring behind them, and that this fire casts a light onto the wall of the cave in front of them.…

Psychological Identification and Understanding of Human Cooperation Using a variety of studies, research strategies, and available data collected from different sources to define along with understand the complexity of human cooperation. Pointing out the problems in human cooperation; individuals deciding to work alone rather than in a group. Determining what factors causes dilemmas in human cooperation or in some instances leading to competition. Comparing and/or contrasting already existing…

with the hood down. The sweatshirt was made more recognizable by having 2 patches placed on it. One patch was white and red and the other patch was white and blue; In part 1 of the study, participants were randomly assigned a condition and viewed a video, after which they were asked to give a description of the thief and his clothing. A five minute delay was then put in place, After this participants read instructions and viewed the show up. Two or three days after part 1, participants…

“In my hole in the basement there are exactly one thousand three hundred sixty nine lights” (Ellison 7); if that is true, how can one still be hidden in darkness? The Invisible Man spent time in his well-lit hole in a basement because “it [allowed him] to feel [a] vital aliveness” (Ellison 7). The narrator aspired to be “a man of vision” (Ellison 7), yet somehow others didn’t see him. He desired so strongly to make a difference that he tricked himself into believing he had an impact on…

Philosophy is more prevalent in some people than in others and the level at which we interact with our surroundings differs too. The Allegory of the Cavemen and the Good Brahmins Voltaire seek to depict how society, norms, environment, history and religion play a role in either ensnaring or enlightening people and how the past, present and future are all shaped by philosophy. The Apology and Allegory of Cave Readings is a tale that is initially set in a dark cave where nothing else seems to…

The film Cave of Forgotten Dreams takes the viewer inside the lost cave presently known as the Chauvet Cave of Southern France. Once inside the filmmaker Werner Herzog captures the pictures of the oldest paintings of humankind in their natural setting among the walls of this long lost subterranean area. As a result, a group of scientist discovered this cave in 1994 , and it was given the name Chauvet Cave after one of the members of the three person party. After entering the small opening to…

Music is more than just words coupled with harmony and instruments. Music, like most (arguably all) forms of art and media, tell stories. Stories are certainly important, for they convey, or better put, reflect, what it means to be human; the human experience, the hardships of life—joy, pain, suffering, the universal struggle, the why. Bluntly put, we don’t know much about why we’re here on this floating sphere of sea and land amidst the lonely, dark abyss that is the universe. Perhaps it's a…

Plato's Cave is a allegory writing about two different worlds and the escape of one individual to see both, but is not able to share what he has seen because of people not being open to learning new things. It starts off in a dark, dim-lighted cave. In the cave, there are people tied down in chains and can hardly move. The people are facing a wall and from the little light that there is, the people watch shadows of varies objects for all their time and that is basically there world. Little do…

The conversation on the content regarding prisoner autobiographies has resulted in a growing body of literature. In recent years narratives have gained ascendance in psychology and sociology as well, such that they now occupy a vital role in theories of social life (Presser 2009). There have been studies done on this topic from philosophers such as Michele Foucault. The literature points to the positive effect that these prisoner autobiographies can be used to grasp a better understanding of the…

Many prisoners that reside in the United States are not being treated fairly. The treatment that some prisoners in the US receive violates the Eighth Amendment, the amendment that strongly goes against using cruel and unusual punishment when it comes to punishing someone. And with prisons being overcrowded many prisoners have poor living arrangements where there are thirteen people or more in one room. (“Prisoners’ Rights:”). This shows that some prisoners are being denied basic human rights…