Assignment task: Read Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" Translated by Oleg Bychkov, Theology Department, St. Bonaventure University and All About Suicide By Luisa Valenzuela and then answer the five questions.
Q1. How is Ismael like the escaped prisoner in Plato's story? In a few sentences (5-7) explain.
Q2. Do the escaped prisoner and Ismael both experience "pain" at the end? This is a tricky question! Explain,
Q3. For question 1 above, please summarize some information from the text of both stories that support your answer.
Q4. For question 2 above, please paraphrase some information from the text of both stories that supports your answer.
Q5. Select a passage of text from "All about Suicide" that you think provides the greatest clue as to the meaning (or theme) of that story and quote it as best as you can in MLA style.