Joy

To me joy would have to be anything that makes you happy and carefree. It would be something that helps you forget about everything except what you are doing at that moment, like family, playing sports like basketball or playing an instrument or something.

To Alex the definition of Joy is-

When I think of joy I think of basketball. Joy is something that brings happiness to a person. Joy is a greater feeling then happiness but brings laughter and smile to a person. And playing or coaching basketball is something that brings a smile to my face and I enjoy doing it.

By putting Alex and mine together playing or coaching basketball would bring happiness and laughter to a persons face. It would make you forget everything except for the game and it would be an unforgettable experience.

The Allegory of the Cave

In the Allegory of the Cave, Plato describes a place where there are prisoners stuck in a cave and they are chained down and are not aloud to move even there heads. In this cave there is light from a fire behind the prisoners were the guards have all these little like props that they used to cast a shadow on the wall. They would tell the prisoners what each prop that they would cast on the wall was and explain what it did. Since the prisoners could not leave the cave they believed everything that they were told. They were like young naive little kids that didn't know any better.

I found this picture when I searched for images that resemble what heaven is suppose to look like. To me the allegory of the cave is just like the thought of heaven. Ever since I can remember I have been told if I behave one way or repent and go to church every sunday that I will get to go to heaven. Now that I am older I really look at the thought and wonder if it truly is the way they say it is. Im not saying I don't believe in it i'm just saying how does anybody really know that heaven exsits. I mean the only way to know is if you die and you cannot die and then come back and tell everyone that its there but that can never happen. So I think that the subject of heaven and everything that we learn about it is just like how the prisoners are being taught of something they know nothing about. So just like the prisoners we are young and naive and won't know the truth until we die and go to heaven or whatever really happens.

The steroype of women and their role in society

Since the beginning of man kind it has been set that the men are to be the working ones and they are the ones that protect the family and provide for the family. The women are to be at home taking care of the family, cooking and cleaning and nothing else. However, at the turn of the 19th century women have become more involved in the working industry, voting and providing what the man is supposed to provide. There is many images that portray that the man is the one out and about and the woman is at home cooking and cleaning.

However times have changed since then and the demand for more equality. Women are being respected more in the work enviornment and are being taken serious. Although there is still plenty of sterotyping of what the woman's role is, that is disappearing more and more each day.