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My Interpretation of the
Allegory of the
Cave
 
    The Allegory of the Cave can be compared to Life.  In the Allegory of the Cave the prisoners were stuck in darkness.  They didn't know the real world.  They felt that the cave world was the real world because they were born in the cave and never saw the real world.  When they got to the real world the were confused.  They couldn't believe that this whole world was out there waiting for them.  And now they have to adjust to it.
 

    This relates to real life because we all start off in a "cave" and it is our choice to go into the "light".  When we are born what ever we see we consider it to be the real thing.  For example: when we get little toy animals we consider it to be the real thing and when we do see the real thing we are frightened. Because we though we could hold them in the palm of our hands but in reality they can eat us.  That is just the beginning of the journey into the light, that is the first step.  The next step is understanding the difference between what you thought was real and what is real.  The doll was an image of what is real.
 

    Understanding was just the beginning of the journey.  Now you must learn or become educated about the real world. We must learn about the real world so that we can survive.  For example when you are at the age to get educated, you begin school and take on the challenge of learning everything about the real world.  Some people are to weak to take on the challenge of the real world so they do not continue the journey.  For example people that do not continue their journey into the light, settle for less and just live their life's on what little they know.  These people end up being drug dealers and low lives.  
 

    Those that continue the journey and complete their education will survive in the real world.  After they have survive they can then teach others how to survive.  For example a mother and her child, The mother has already learn how to survive in the real world and now she must teach her child how to survive.  But it will be a struggle because those people who didn't make it to the top, drug dealers and low live, will try to pull that child down.
 

    The message that I received from the Allegory of the Cave was that, you can't run from the light which is the real world because if you run from the light you will be lost forever.  I have learned that you can't live a lie because when you live a lie the truth scares you.     


1. Who is Plato? What are some of his accomplishments? What impact does his
philosophy have on the contemporary society? Make at least one link to a site where
readers can learn about Plato and his philosophy.
                - Plato was a Greek Philosopher, one of the most creative and influential thinkers in Western       philosophy.  Plato's writing was in dialogue form.  The earliest collection of Plato's work includes 35 dialogues and 13 letters.  Plato's influence throughout the history of philosophy has been monumental.

To view different interpretation of The Allegory of the Cave, please view:
        1.Plato
        2.The Allegory of the Cave (illustration)
        3.Interpretaion of The Allegory of the Cave
3. Explain how this allegory  has changed your way of thinking?(from your reading log?)

4. If there was one thing you have learned from the "Cave" and would like to apply it to
your life, what would it be and why? 


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