Compare Plato's Allegory Of The Cave And The Truman Show

In Plato’s work called The Republic in comparison to The Truman Show it is astonishing what similar concepts that can be concluded after having read and watched these two pieces. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, which is a key part of his book The Republic, takes you into the journey of different stages of knowledge, which work together with the metaphysical world and epistemology. By Plato incorporating metaphors such as, fire, shadows, chains, prisoners, the cave, and real objects the connection with The Truman Show was made evident. In The Truman Show where you have similar key concepts of what is reality and what is not true there is Truman who is the star of a show from an island and the director Christof. In both of these works the concepts of mental and physical reality, humans portrayed as sponges, and that reality is more than the images seen in the world are thoroughly explained. In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave there are prisoners that have been tied down since birth. In this cave the prisoners are facing a wall in which they only see the shadows of what is …show more content…
Truman, the main character was controlled by Christof, the director of the show. Truman isn’t aware that he is the star of a television show that is using his life as the plot to be broadcasted on television. It all takes place in the island city of Sea Haven, which is where Truman was forced to believe the idea that he was living a reality and that what he was living was entirely real. Christof, who controls what goes in and out of Truman’s head said “We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.” (The Truman Show). Meaning that when someone is teaching you something or enlightening you on what is real you tend to believe what they are saying because you know nothing of what that may be. By not questioning what is real you automatically believe what you are being