Analysis Of Plato's Allegory Of The Cave

“In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave” it represents an allegory that signifies real life meaning.Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” is about questioning the fundamental reality of experience.The information In Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” is interpreted with real life. I would say the genre of the allegory is nonfiction. It focuses on prisoners who are being held captive. They are being held inside of a cave.The prisoners cave freedom, however hopes being at an all time low due to the fact that the prisoners are bound and chained by the neck. The only thing to observe, a wall with shadows coming in from the fire light that blazes before them.The fire that blazed inside the cave would display shadows of other people walking throughout the cave holding

One prisoner somehow manages to escape allowing the prisoner to break free and escape to the outside of the cave.He was greeted by a whole new world and further confusion. The sun blazes down upon him nearly blinding him before he covers his eyes.The confusion and intense lighting brought on a gigantic feeling of confusion.The prisoner backs up and returns to the forsaken cave and speaks of his findings to the other prisoners. The prisoners listen briefly. So bizarre & not fully being able to understand what the prisoner was saying, the other prisoners shunned him and paid no attention to his findings.They ridiculed him and told him they wanted no parts. The prisoner waddled in his own confusion.This allegory tells a story with a deeper hidden meaning. In the story once the prisoner escaped the cave he was blinded by the sun. The sun is a symbol

In some moments of my life I too feel shackled or chained down. Whether it’s in a relationship or just trying to get ahead in life. In my teenage years I was careless and figured that since I was young I had time to waste. I held my own self back from doing a lot of things I should have done back then that would have made life a whole lot easier for me now. In the allegory, once the prisoner returned from the outside world he shared his stories with the other prisoners. The prisoners wanted to hear nothing of what the man had to say. Nor did they believe him. It reminds me of when I took a trip to Hawaii for my cousin's wedding. Everything there was so beautiful and the air smelled so fresh and clean.I took a lot of pictures and when I returned home I let my friends know all about the wonderful experience I had. Some did not want to hear it at all saying things like “ Well I will never go there so I don't care”, or “Your putting extras on it i’m sure it was not that pretty. People are afraid or quick to refuse new information or ideas because they are so comfortable in believing their own beliefs or what society wants them to believe. In the case of the allegory the prisoners all wanted to only believe what they were subjected to. They were afraid to receive knowledge. Most of us these days do the exact same thing simply because we believe we know it