During this discussion between Socrates and Glaucon, Socrates telsl a story, the Myth of Er, that the just will receive rewards in the afterlife. This myth is envisioned of a strong man named Er who is killed during a battle, but he does not actually die. Instead he is sent up above the earth to a place called heaven and while he is there he is made to overlook what is going on around him in heaven because he is to become a messenger. After he sees that the dead either go up through on opening to the right that leads to heaven meaning they were just or go down through a different opening on the left that leads to hades meaning they were unjust he can then return to earth and tell everyone what he saw. He notices that this system was the ultimate
