The allegory implied that there is a difference between appearance and reality. I believe that this is true because what the prisoners saw in the cave was different than what they saw when the prisoner escaped and had the chance to go outside. For example, in the story, the fire did not look like one till the prisoner went outside and realized it was a fire. In the cave the prisoners were shackled to a wall and could not move or turn their head so what was in the cave was all they had known. When the prisoner escaped, he did not know anything on the outside of the cave, so he fled back to what he did know after a while. Socrates said in the allegory “ what do you think? From the beginning people like this have never managed, whether on
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When the prisoners escaped, he wanted to flee back to what he knew his whole life. Socrates stated in the story “ and if someone even forced him to look into the glare of the fire, would his eyes not hurt him, and would he not then turn away and flee back to that which he is capable of looking at? And would he, not decide that what he could see before with any help was in fact clearer than what was now being shown to him.” Outside the cave was much different than being inside the cave and the prisoners did not recognize what was outside so they fled back to what they did know.
I learned that things are not always as they seem. I put this into perspective as to the real world and the story. A real life example is that some people’s life are not what they seem, they could be going through a hard time, but still have a smile on their face. You never know what someone is going through. This compares to the story because you did not know what the prisoners had gone through their whole life besides what was in the story.
In all, nothing is always as it seems. There is a difference between what is real and what others see. As I mentioned, the fire did not look like a fire until the prisoner went out and realized that it was one. Also another example is that the prisoners believed the shadows were real when in reality they were people. The prisoners reality is different than what our reality
When the prisoners escaped, he wanted to flee back to what he knew his whole life. Socrates stated in the story “ and if someone even forced him to look into the glare of the fire, would his eyes not hurt him, and would he not then turn away and flee back to that which he is capable of looking at? And would he, not decide that what he could see before with any help was in fact clearer than what was now being shown to him.” Outside the cave was much different than being inside the cave and the prisoners did not recognize what was outside so they fled back to what they did know.
I learned that things are not always as they seem. I put this into perspective as to the real world and the story. A real life example is that some people’s life are not what they seem, they could be going through a hard time, but still have a smile on their face. You never know what someone is going through. This compares to the story because you did not know what the prisoners had gone through their whole life besides what was in the story.
In all, nothing is always as it seems. There is a difference between what is real and what others see. As I mentioned, the fire did not look like a fire until the prisoner went out and realized that it was one. Also another example is that the prisoners believed the shadows were real when in reality they were people. The prisoners reality is different than what our reality