... whatever way one chooses, regardless of the consequences (Wesel, 2009). However, after reading and taking to heart Maya Angelou's "Graduation", Plato's "Allegory of the Cave", Daniel Quinn's "Ishmael", and Parker J. Palmer's "The Woodcarver", I have come to realize that freedom holds ... and intellectual autonomy as part of the core theme in Ishmael. Similarly, in the Allegory of the Cave, Plato emphasizes the need for people to push beyond the chains which imprison an unenlightened mind in order to crawl out of the dark, captivating ... not deterred by Mr. Donleavy's dismissing comment...

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