Assignment task: Make connections and explain what's happening in each quote
"And immediately there fell from his [Paul's] eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized." (Acts 9:18). "And when he [the prisoner] looked, he saw the fire, and the shadows which the fire cast, and the prisoners; and he heard a voice." (Plato, Allegory of the Cave)
"And Ananias went his way and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him, [Paul] said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost." (Acts 9:17) "St. Paul
"And when he [the prisoner] had looked up, and seen the light, and the objects which the light illuminated, he no longer saw the fire; and at first he thought that he was not looking at the real world at all, but at some other place." (Allegory of the Cave)
Explain the Four symbols can be found in both the Allegory of the Cave and the story of St. Paul's conversion. Explain What the symbol respresennts, How is the symbol seen in the allegory? How is the symbol seen in St. Paul? Connect all ideas back
The first symbol is the cave
The second symbol is the chains that bind the prisoners in the cave.
The third symbol is the shadows on the wall.
The fourth and final symbol is the light.