1. In an allegory, each character or item has a specific meaning. Who are the prisoners? What is the cave? Why did Plato set the story in this way? 2. What does the outside of the cave represent? What does the inside represent? Is there anything equivalent in our society or our lives?
3. Do you have any experience like this? Have you been "in the cave" when it comes to something in your life? Are you and your family at different places of enlightenment when it comes to racial issues, religious beliefs, etc?

Need ! of all the characters highlighted in the works included in this unit, which one did you relate to or identify with the most in terms of his or her struggles and conflicts? why? what was it about this character that made him or her affect you as he or she did? be sure to point to specific examples from the work to support your response. the characters are from "shooting an elephant", " witchcraft for sale" and marriage is a private affair.

What is the meaning of the word checking as it is used in this sentence from the second paragraph of the passage?

Iam for the "immediate, unconditional, and universal" enfranchisement of the black man, in ev [loud applause.] without this, his liberty is a mockery; without this, you might as well almost slavery for his condition; for in fact, if he is not the slave of the individual master, he is the slay liberty as a privilege, not as a right. he is at the mercy of the mob, and has no means of protec how does the repetition of the phrase "without this" support the paragraph's argument? it reinforces the idea that without equality in the us, the idea of a free society is a joke. it suggests that a free society is possible, with or without equal rights for all people. it indicates that douglass would be content without material possessions or status. it proposes that slavery will not be abolished in the us without the support of all citizens.