It would be hard for this program to work in a democracy since the people may not agree with it. Would’ve worked in Socrates time but not the present. People in present times are used to democracy, and wouldn’t agree with anything that didn’t have them directly picking their leaders. People in Socrates time may have been more open to
Reading books change their mind and maybe as well as their lives. The value of literacy does not only play a role on kids but also on adults. After surviving from the holocaust, it is hard and hurt for Wiesel to recall the memory of what he and others had suffered but he chose to write the history down to let it remembered. He said[,] “I was duty-bound to give meaning to my survival, to justify each moment of my life. I knew the story had to be told.
He can't think a single thought without the permission of the government and he doesn't love Julia anymore. Winston is tortured on several different occasions, all of which are done by his teacher - O'Brien. Winston turns out to be a textbook case of a person reformed by the government which leads me to my final comparison; Winston, like the animals in Animal Farm, forgot everything that they had learned before. By the end of the book, Winston is mentally dead. He can't think or act for himself, and he is just a toy of the government.
Being arrested for thought crime was greatly feared as people who were punished never returned, and their “existence was wiped” completely. Another way that Big Brother controlled the people was by signs he installed on the tall buildings. The sign manipulated people into thinking that “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.” Winston was determined to defy Big Brother’s control and he found a way around his watchful eyes. Winston began to write a diary in a secluded corner away from the telescreen writing Furthermore, Truman was also controlled and manipulated by his creator, Christof. Truman wasn’t just the only one being controlled by Christof, he also controlled everyone else around Truman.
Steve Burgoyne Socrates Socrates was not guilty of corrupting the youth. Being the wise intelligent man which he was he would simply teach the youth to look for new divinities in life by thinking for themselves. Most certainly is that not such a crime and Socrates, who was highly respected and looked up to by not only his students but also fellow Athenians did all one can possibly do to prove his innocence. Corruption of the youth of Athens was the main charge Socrates was being indicted on. It was a few men who belittled Socrates that conducted the charge on Socrates.
To get to Everlost you have to be off track going to the place that you were supposed to go after your life had ended. The McGill had been in Everlost for quite some time. Everyone in Everlost feared the great McGill because he was the meanest person in Everlost. Newcomers to Everlost never listened to the other inhabitants about the McGill and his wickedness. Nick and
Educators and the media opt to leave this part of her life out and praise her instead as an inspiration, a hero. Textbook authors choose to omit mistakes the people throughout history have done and only write about the good things they have done, and thus turn them into heroes. They hide some of the true sides of a person to make them look good. I think the reason textbook authors heroify people is so, we the students, don’t get bad impressions about whoever we are learning about. In my opinion, making someone a hero doesn’t always make him that much more interesting.
Around 400 BC Plato, one of Socrates greatest admirers, wrote a dialog of the speech Socrates makes at the trial where he was accused of not recognizing the gods that the state recognized, and for corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates is brought before a jury to defend his case and uses the method of cross-examination to prove his argument. Throughout the duration of the trial, Socrates uses concrete evidence and his distinctive logical to prove to his accusers that he is innocent. Instead, Socrates establishes a strong argument for his claim that he is essentially one of the most positive influences on the youth while recognizing that the gods do exist. Before Socrates went to trial to prove his innocence, in addition to already believing he was the wisest in all of Athens, he confirmed his assumption by asking the oracle.
P A R T I V Communicate Your Ideas ome students will be surprised to find the subject of communication included in a book on thinking because they assume that the two subjects are unrelated. In reality, they are closely related. To begin with, expressing ideas clari- fies them. As Mortimer Adler, an American philosopher, explains: “Thinking tends to express itself in words, spoken or written. The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.”* In addition, the kinds of ideas we are concerned with in this book—solutions to problems and issues—are most meaningful when they are communicated to other people.
He tries his hardest to fight for his salvation and prove to the white men that they are no hog. In Both stories no one ever had the courage to go against society because they were so use to doing what they were told. Humans should never be given to much power because they wont know how to use it wisely. For example, look at Hitler, Mussolini, Napoleon or Stalin. The people gave them to much power, and they became power hungry tyrants.