In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, there are three prisoners who live in a world where they are chained in a cave. There are puppeteers who cast shadows onto the wall of the cave and the prisoners construct the shadows as reality.One out of the three prisoners breaks free and adventures the outsides of cave. After adapting to a lifestyle where you mainly see darkness; the prisoner is blinded by the sun and agitated about the outside world of the cave. The shadows that the puppeteers casted inside the cave seemed so real to the prisoner. After experiencing some time in this new world, he perceived that his majority of his life was being controlled by other people and he now understands the truth.
My cave was being born into the world as a military child; I honestly do not perceive life any other way. Living this lifestyle has its cons compared to living a regular life because it causes you to adapt to …show more content…
It was a dramatic surprise to me; everything felt different . I resided in a new house, school, and didn't see faces that I usually see. As I resided in this new scenery, I started to network with new people, but I was still home sick. Growing up, I thought of this lifestyle as bittersweet. Of course it is always cool to travel multiple places and see some unique things that majority of people never experience. Then again, a normal life to a lot of military children would great; a life where they would be able to stay around the same people for a longer period of time instead of always being on the go every few months. According to Holowchak, in Plato’s Cave, “Plato then supposes that one prisoner is freed, being forced to turn and see the fire. The light would hurt his eyes and make it hard for him to see the objects that are casting the shadows (Mark 73-86 ). In my case i am the free prisoner, and me residing in a new location would be me being forced to look at the
My cave was being born into the world as a military child; I honestly do not perceive life any other way. Living this lifestyle has its cons compared to living a regular life because it causes you to adapt to …show more content…
It was a dramatic surprise to me; everything felt different . I resided in a new house, school, and didn't see faces that I usually see. As I resided in this new scenery, I started to network with new people, but I was still home sick. Growing up, I thought of this lifestyle as bittersweet. Of course it is always cool to travel multiple places and see some unique things that majority of people never experience. Then again, a normal life to a lot of military children would great; a life where they would be able to stay around the same people for a longer period of time instead of always being on the go every few months. According to Holowchak, in Plato’s Cave, “Plato then supposes that one prisoner is freed, being forced to turn and see the fire. The light would hurt his eyes and make it hard for him to see the objects that are casting the shadows (Mark 73-86 ). In my case i am the free prisoner, and me residing in a new location would be me being forced to look at the