The Prisoner

Plato’s mentor. The story begins with three prisoners that were chained, immobilized, and forced to face a wall since birth. They had mistaken the images that were being cast on the wall for reality. They heard echoes which they believe were the voices of the shadows that they had seen. One of the prisoner was then released from the cave. When the prisoner was dragged out he was forced to examine his life and examine the life outside the cave. When the prisoner first steps outside his eyes are…

themes will all have relation to the trapped prisoners and the author's view on education. In the beginning of the Allegory we are presented with an image of a cave. Inside the cave there seems to be individuals chained up so the only direction they can see is right before them. Meanwhile, behind the prisoners there is a fire burning casting shadows on the wall in front of them. With that we know that these shadows are they only thing these prisoners know to be reality, which is completely false…

above them is a fire that casts shadows onto the cave wall that the prisoners are facing. Between the prisoners and the fire is a raised walkway that allows unnamed people to walk through, although the walkway has a wall to obscure the shadows of the people themselves to be seen by the prisoners. The people carry various objects above their heads, meaning these objects then get cast onto the cave wall opposite from the prisoners. Socrates claims that to these men, these shadows are all that they…

level of malicious treatment given towards the “prisoners” by the guards even though the whole scenario was merely an experiment and not a real life prison. I learned that due to the prisoner 's position and inferiority, they themselves granted the guards legitimization of authority and almost gave them the power to boss them around in a superficial setting. Once the prisoners got to the university’s basement…

Cave” Plato describes chained prisoners, that are faced towards a brick wall, with a pit of fire behind them, and in the middle a raised walkway. These prisoners have never seen reality, they have only seen…

“Twenty-one percent of prisoners and 14% of jail inmates reported ever having tuberculosis, hepatitis B or C, or other STDs (excluding HIV or AIDS).” (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2016). This paper will explore the question: Do you agree with Dr. Albert M. Kligman that prisoners should be again involved in medical trials? This paper will develop a position paper addressing both sides of the issue. This paper will provide a historical overview of the significant benefits and detriments involving…

The darkness represents the lack of intellect within the cave which consequently affects the prisoners’ sense of argument. Therefore, the perspectives of the prisoners are modified to the liking of the cave and the darkness suppresses the doubts within the minds’ of the individuals. Comparatively, as a child born into a strict, traditional family, my cave and the darkness were the…

The prisoners knew what they knew, which was the shadows and sounds that were produced in the cave along with whatever they named these shapes. It isn't until the prisoner is freed and sees the sun that they discover "true reality". Because of this enlightenment, the prisoner realizes that everything that they had known was all untrue. This then leads said prisoner wanting to share this enlightenment to those who still remain in the…

Although, I do not believe he would agree with how the prisoners cope, by trying to kill the escaped prisoner. I do think Plato would most likely agree with handling cognitive dissonance by trying to find a way to change behavior an example given in the text, “This strategy presents challenges, however, as it is often difficult for…

Inside the story of Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” we find prisoners held down by shackles inside a dark den with an only source of light that is fire behind them, as a result, that all they can see are shadows, until one day one prisoner breaks free and escape from the cavern and sees “reality”, but momentarily he gets temporary blindness because he wasn't adapted to light by the cause that all he saw in his life were shadows and darkness, after a while he explores and sees the sun he admires…