The Cave Symbolism

If both hurts us which is better being lied to or being told the actual truth??? What if you were being lied to about something for a very long period of time??? What if you heard something that you thought wasn’t true, but when you heard the truth it was actually what you thought it wasn’t it??Things aren’t always what they seem in this world.

The Cave symbolises a lot about the part of life we don’t know or rather ignore because sometimes the truth hurts and some people lie to avoid telling the truth and promoting bad things to be known. The Cave means the bad situations and the unknown bad things in life. When the people on the cave see light they feel as if they know what is going on but the shadows are really covered by the darkening

of the cave so it’s making things seem as if they are real but they aren’t. These people in the cave are really blinded during the time they are in shackles and they feel the only thing they can see is shadows which are created by a fire, they can’t turn around to see the truth because they are shackled. Once they are free and they learn the truth they wouldn’t be blinded anymore. Before they can finally get to see the truth they will have to go through pain from the shackles holding them in one spot for such a long time. These people also have to overcome blindness from the light after long days and nights of the dark cave with a source of dimmed lighting from the fire. They also have to overcome the fear of the unknown after only knowing one thing there entire lives.
In real life I feel as if this relates to students and school because students often think as if they know everything or at least enough information before they graduate and go off into the real world of adults. Students are shackled at first thinking they know the right things and thinking they don’t need the teachers who are setting them up to succeed. After they attend school and see what it is to be offered and what can be learned, they aren’t shackled nomore and they start seeing the truth. Often times when the students are trying to learn something new it can seem painful because it can require a lot of effort or it can tire the average person out . Sometimes when a student doesn’t understand a certain lesson him or her can feel blinded because they feel as if they cannot get it or obtain the information. After the student understands the concepts they will no longer feel blinded and know that the effort was worth it. Just like with the prisoners the pain and blindness leads to reward at the end of the day.

When it’s all said and done i think the truth will set you free if you choose to share it and not keep it contained on the inside. This tells you that things aren’t always what they seem because it can look a certain way but it can turn out to be something totally different. After being freed from shackles it will feel as if they turned onto a whole new leaf or just began a whole new lifestyle after being exposed to the same thing throughout their lives. When they began to see new things they will take it and run with it and prosper in life. The only way to fail in life is to give, never give up.Go see the truth.