Commenting Assignment

Austin Cook's Comment:
There was a lot of helpful things in this comment that made me realize what I did wrong. One of the things that I like about this comment was that it told me exactly what I did wrong. It also told me what was good about my comment which was good. This is why I think this is a good comment.

Laura Mitchell's Comment:
I like this comment because it told me some good things about my posts. She also stated some things that everyone could relate to which helped a lot. She also talks about my first sentence and how it made the posting all the better.

In your opinion, is it ever right to harm somebody? Why or why not? What would Socrates and/or Thrasymachus say in response to your answer?

In my opinion I think that it is right to harm someone if you really need to. I think this because if the person that you want to hurt did something wrong than he does deserve to get hurt. This is when it is right to hurt someone. The only time when it is not right to hurt someone is if the person did not deserve the hit or if he hasn't done anything wrong. I think that Socrates would agree with me because he thinks this about justice too.

Simile of the Cave

1. Compare and contrast what Socrates says in “The Simile of the Cave” with Fahrenheit 451. How are characters like Mildred similar to characters in “Simile of the Cave”?

A: The reason that the charecters in the cave and Mildred are the same is because they always believe what they are told. They are afraid of figuring out the truth of what is really going on the world. Both of these people are under the control "The Man" or the government because they are afraid of speaking their minds or to go against them. One difference is that the people in the cave actually tried to come out but they were afraid and overwhelemded by what was realy going on. Mildred keeps going on with her life and doesn;t even think.

Thoughts

One time when my [parents told me a lie was when they told me SAnta Claus was real and I acytually believed them. Later on in my life i ended up figuring that he wasn't real and that devitated me emotionaly. Even I got over it which a good thing. I miss the thought of Santa though he was really special

Illiad Reflection

I think that Pride is major thing in everyone’s life and there is many consequences to pride. There was this one time when my pride really got in the way. I was a playing a game and someone had just scored on us. This got me really angry and this caused me not to pass the ball because I thought that I could score too on the other team. Eventually I ended messing up and the took the ball away from us. This is the one time where my pride really got in my way of my life and I really messed up. I felt really selfish that day and blue.

Illiad Assignment

1) Do you believe Achilles will turn his back on Agamemnon even after all the gifts that Agamemnon is giving him.

2) My opinion on Agamemnon before reading this would be that he is a coward and he was very inconsiderate of all off his soldiers. He would never go with them to battle. He would just sit back and watch all of his men die in battle which is really messed up. Even after all of what he did for Achilles in this section it still doesn’t change my mind of him being an inconsiderate leader. The only reason that he is doing this for Achilles is because he knows that without Achilles in this war the Greeks will not have a fighting chance against the Trojans. He is just trying to persuade Achilles to fight with him again. All Agamemnon could provide Achilles is women and material things.

3) Pg. 255 Line 137
A) Agamemnon says “Why look, that man is worth an entire army the fighter Zeus holds dear with all of his heart”. This applies to reason because it is obvious that with Zeus the Trojans would easily kill all of the Greeks. The reason all of that this relates to reason is because Zeus counts as a whole army so with that in mind it is easy to tell that the Trojans will easily win.

Phoenix
- Reminds his of his father past. This appeal to emotion.
- He uses his father’s life past to persuade him to go to war

Illiad Reflection

I agree with the second one of the statements . The reason for this is that Achilles has been mistreated by his own leader Agamemnon which I think is wrong. One thing that think Achilles should have never done was ask for another war prize after he gave the girl back. I think that he did the right thing by asking Agamemnon for another war prize even if he is his leader. I think that Achilles did the right thing by sitting out this war. If I was a Greek I would support Achilles idea of doing what he has done.