https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p A discussion of symbols and meaning en-us 2016-09-20 20:08:23 UTC 2023-01-30 23:56:19 UTC hello@padlet.com pochest https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125238859  Older kids as well as parents go about there lives knowing the full truth.  We are  oblivious to their reality.  Even if they try to enlighten us to the true reality, we remain in our reality, knowing nothing else.  The shadows represent the lies which make up our reality.]]> 2016-09-20 20:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125238859 pochest https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125239545 2016-09-20 20:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125239545 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125694397 We think the jailers are the parents, teachers, and adults who have to hold back the secret that there is no Santa. ]]> 2016-09-22 13:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125694397 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125694404 When your parents tell you that Santa is not real and that he is your parents giving you presents. In the cave, this relates to when one jailer is unchained and is showed into the lights and figures ]]> 2016-09-22 13:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125694404 brostjos https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125694772 When you find out santa isn't real, you'll have a new perspective on life.]]> 2016-09-22 13:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125694772 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125694859 When you're okay with Santa not being real. 



]]> 2016-09-22 13:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125694859 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125694966 The chains represent how the children are held to believe that Santa is real. The darkness represents how they don't know any better and they don't know what is out there. Group 2]]> 2016-09-22 13:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125694966 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125695861 2016-09-22 13:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125695861 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696014 2016-09-22 13:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696014 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696096 This is reue ]]> 2016-09-22 13:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696096 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696169 This is true because when we were children, we ]]> 2016-09-22 13:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696169 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696540 2016-09-22 13:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696540 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696546 This is true because when we were children, we were all let down when told that santa was not real. After we were told this we began to mature and look at figurative characters differently.]]> 2016-09-22 13:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696546 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696552 2016-09-22 13:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696552 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696568 Your explanation is good, but we would add that the "chains" keep the children from seeing the truth about Santa and Darkness is the illusion that you still believe in Santa and that you don't know the truth.]]> 2016-09-22 13:11:34 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696568 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696609 We most definitely agree with the ideas of the parents and the adults being the people/jailers that keep you from understanding the truth behind santa. Group 2]]> 2016-09-22 13:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125696609 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125697208 We agree, because once the fantasy of Santa becomes unreal, you can't convince a child again that Santa is real.

]]> 2016-09-22 13:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125697208 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125697380 We agree that the parents and other adults are the jailers]]> 2016-09-22 13:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125697380 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125697384   At a certain age when we develop to the point where we can logically reason, we are released from our "prison" just like the prisoners in the Allegory of the Cave.  We find the light of truth and are able to see all the pieces don't fit in the puzzle that is Santa Clause.]]> 2016-09-22 13:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125697384 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125697423 This is true because, like in the Allegory, the adults are keeping the truth from their kids. ]]> 2016-09-22 13:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125697423 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125697540 We agree with this statement because it is a sense of freedom when you begin to believe the facts that are true in life.]]> 2016-09-22 13:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125697540 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698215 The jailer was not the one unchained. It was the jailer that unchained the slave. However, we agree that once your parents tell you, you can't go back to believing in santa. Group 2]]> 2016-09-22 13:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698215 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698263 This is true. We'd state that the darkness is more of the truth being kept from them rather than them being oblivious to what's real.

]]> 2016-09-22 13:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698263 pochest https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698627 2016-09-22 13:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698627 brostjos https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698687 We agree because once]]> 2016-09-22 13:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698687 brostjos https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698757 2016-09-22 13:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698757 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698778 2016-09-22 13:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698778 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698868 They are trying to explain it's not real.]]> 2016-09-22 13:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698868 brostjos https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698973 We agree because once yo]]> 2016-09-22 13:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125698973 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699007 We ]]> 2016-09-22 13:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699007 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699070 We agree that these represent the teachers and parents holding the secret back from the kids for so long so that they aren't exposed.]]> 2016-09-22 13:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699070 pochest https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699242 2016-09-22 13:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699242 pochest https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699347 Once a child has become "free,"  he or she becomes a part of the enlightened masses.  That child now knows of two separate realities; one reality that is misguided and now my]]> 2016-09-22 13:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699347 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699374 Accepting the truth about Santa not being real.]]> 2016-09-22 13:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699374 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699503 We agree that the silouettes represent the lies which make up our reality]]> 2016-09-22 13:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699503 pochest https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699552 At the point where a child realizes that Santa Clause is a myth, he is unable to return to his previous reality.  Similar to how the freed prisoner was unable to tell his fellow prisoners about the truth, we are unable to share our newfound truth with our youngers peers, siblings, etc.  This is because they will either reject the idea as false or will be unable to comprehend.  They remain blinded while we continue onward with our newfound sight.]]> 2016-09-22 13:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699552 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699737 Taking the role of the jailer]]> 2016-09-22 13:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699737 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699982 We belive the jailers are the kids who are held back from the secret of santa being fake.]]> 2016-09-22 13:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125699982 https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125700299 The presents you get..How did they get there?]]> 2016-09-22 13:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/pochest/d2nlnvuy720p/wish/125700299