“Allegory of the Cave”, a short story written by the Greek philosopher Plato gives an insight on how people’s perspectives can be constrained to what is known, can be altered exploring out on mental tolerance but can be disdained by ones who are still constrained. Life represents “Human beings living in an underground cave” (Plato, 360 AD, p.1), where its atmosphere is filled with constraints and limited perspectives, where the word underground shows this atmosphere to be oppressive towards the human mind. This underground atmosphere where “their legs and necks [are] chained… [and are] being prevented by chains from turning their heads” (Plato, 360 AD, p.1) gives mental structure that prevents people of life, from escaping their mindset to
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A scenario given is that “prisoners are released…[and] turns his neck around and walks towards the light” (Plato, 360 AD, p.1), which represents that one prisoner will realize the unknown truth and knowledge. This finding of light will cause for him to "suffer sharp pains…will not be able to see the realities of which his former state he seen the shadows, [and will fancy that those shadows are truer than the objects which are now shown” (Plato, 360 AD, p.1), and these are signs of initial rejection when brought something rare to the perspective. The sharp pains represent the perspective of a person beginning to alter in its limitations since it is an immense adjustment to come out of comfort. Initially, a person will think that what they saw is not truth yet their perceptions are true since they have been familiar with this type of thinking forever. Only what is familiar to them in the new truth being introduced will be interpreted. This released prisoner is "reluctantly dragged up a steep and rugged ascent…until he's forced into the presence of the sun" (Plato, 360 AD, p.2), where the ascent to get to the truth and knowledge, is a struggle. The adjectives steep and rugged conveys the difficulty of getting to the point of interpreting the truth and knowledge, and having it be in front of you, gets closer to completing altering the perspective forever. With reaching the point of the upper truth, the prisoner “will require to grow accustomed to the sight… he will see the shadows best, next the reflections of men… then he will gaze upon the light of the …spangled heaven and he will see the sky and the start by night better than the sun” (Plato, 360 AD, p.2), that represents how the process of acquiring a new sense of knowledge and altering your perspective is slow, with recognizing prior believed truth first, then recognizing the greatness of the light and sun. The point of
A scenario given is that “prisoners are released…[and] turns his neck around and walks towards the light” (Plato, 360 AD, p.1), which represents that one prisoner will realize the unknown truth and knowledge. This finding of light will cause for him to "suffer sharp pains…will not be able to see the realities of which his former state he seen the shadows, [and will fancy that those shadows are truer than the objects which are now shown” (Plato, 360 AD, p.1), and these are signs of initial rejection when brought something rare to the perspective. The sharp pains represent the perspective of a person beginning to alter in its limitations since it is an immense adjustment to come out of comfort. Initially, a person will think that what they saw is not truth yet their perceptions are true since they have been familiar with this type of thinking forever. Only what is familiar to them in the new truth being introduced will be interpreted. This released prisoner is "reluctantly dragged up a steep and rugged ascent…until he's forced into the presence of the sun" (Plato, 360 AD, p.2), where the ascent to get to the truth and knowledge, is a struggle. The adjectives steep and rugged conveys the difficulty of getting to the point of interpreting the truth and knowledge, and having it be in front of you, gets closer to completing altering the perspective forever. With reaching the point of the upper truth, the prisoner “will require to grow accustomed to the sight… he will see the shadows best, next the reflections of men… then he will gaze upon the light of the …spangled heaven and he will see the sky and the start by night better than the sun” (Plato, 360 AD, p.2), that represents how the process of acquiring a new sense of knowledge and altering your perspective is slow, with recognizing prior believed truth first, then recognizing the greatness of the light and sun. The point of