On Photography | Short Essay Assignments

Short Essay Questions

The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.

Short Essay Question - In Plato's Cave

1. What is the significance of the title of this particular chapter of this Susan Sontag book?

2. What does Susan Sontag suggest that photography has made society do in relation to reality?

3. What has photography established, according to Sontag in this chapter in relation to how objects are seen?

4. What do photographs do to the scale of an object within the photograph and in real life, according to Sontag?

5. How are photographs usually held as definitive evidence in the world, according to Sontag?