English homework

Discuss at least three texts from this Unit where we have seen characters becoming enlightened.  How do they achieve enlightenment?  What do they do with this new sense of knowledge?  How does this change them, for the better or worse?  Make sure to dedicate a detailed paragraph to each text with a balance between textual summary and analysis that ties back to your thesis.

the text:

The House on Mango Street

Zakaria: “Commencement Keynote Address, Sarah Lawrence College, 2014”

Plato: “Allegory of the Cave