The Matrix: The Allegory Of The Cave

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When first hearing about Allegory of the cave, I wasn’t much into it, to be honest. It was written long ago and felt I couldn’t relate to it in modern day. But when taking this class and having to read a bit of it, I start to understand and realize how much of the modern world has much refer to it. I remember one of our assignment had to do with Plato and the movie the Matrix, and made me think of how much of this world hasn’t really change, and in ways is similar to the cave. With the allegory of the cave, I felt it was interpreted in a number of ways, from individuality to religion, even politics in ways. As time progress, so did the many interpretations of the cave and what it actually means. To me, the cave essentially manages the lack …show more content…

While describing the cave in the story, Socrates gives a good envision as to how the prisoners were living down there. From how Having being in the cave all their lives, with their legs and neck shackled by chains, so their movement is restricted and see nothing but the wall in front of them. When I think about how the prisoners are describe in the allegory, how they were strapped in a chair, unable to move their body and were limited in communication, it may me understand something about our lives and the way we live in it today. I think the views of the world are narrowed to our experiences, either we choose to believe in something and/or how we choose to associate with it. The world, society, we live in is perceptual and can constantly change, dependent on experiences with people, cultures, and ideas and knowledge. With Plato’s cave, the people in the cave were true prisoners, meaning they were controlled by the chains that prevent them a genuine realization of truth, what was really out there in the

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