For example, some Journals like Youm 7 or El-Watan provide the Egyptians with certain news and issues the President and his entourage would agree with. Forth, the people who decide what we see represents the politics or the media. They control what the prisoners see it’s kind of ignorance or close mindedness as we look into a specific direction and don’t see other views or opinions or the big picture. Thirdly, the chains or the shackles that holds the prisoners. Sometimes, we believe that something is true, but it turns out after a while it’s not such as thinking the earth is flat. Secondly, the shadows that are the mere reflections of the reality. Starting with the cave, it refers to human’s life experience, environment and ignorance what kind of information he would like to hear and what to ignore.
Each symbol of it represents a significant part of human’s life. They thought he’s crazy and they tried to stop him.ĭay to day, we use this allegory in our daily life. Then, he went back to the cave and tell his friends what he saw and that’s the shadow is a lie. He also saw real animals and plants and understood that what he saw is a mere shadow not the reality of things. Then, he realized that the power of enlightenment came from the sun. Suddenly, one of them was freed from shackles and for the first time, he walked out of the cave and discovered the fire that lighten things in the cave and saw the sun and it blinded him. These shadows are controlled by some people who decide what they want to show. They only saw some shadows of creatures such as animals and plants because of the fire lighten in the cave. Plato explained that some prisoners were living in a dark cave in their whole life and it’s isolated from the outer world. It also explains the concepts of adapting people to different changes including things they don’t know or are not familiar with. Plato’s allegory of the cave is considered a good example of illustrating the way people think.
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