Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
1. I think this
means that we mentally imprison ourselves and only we can set ourselves free.
It represents that we look straight and only believe what is being presented to
us. We don’t try to think outside of the box and question what else there is.
2. The cave
represents a place of ignorance. The shackles represent limits. The shadows
represent images that you have to question.
3. It is saying that we as students don’t want to go through the extra work and go outside of the cave because we want to stay in our own little comfort zone.
4. The imagery of shackles and the cave suggest that the prisoners only have that one perspective of the dark cave and have never left and are unable to leave to see the light outside of the cave. They are being controlled and limited to what they can do and see.
5. In society today, things like going with the flow and just doing the bare minimum shackle people. Everybody wants to stick with what they know and what they are comfortable with, and never want to try anything else because it is too much work. Nobody wants to change the way they do things or how they learn because they are content with the way it already is. They do not want to think about what could be.
6. The free prisoners can explore outside of the cave. They prefer their initial situation though because they are used to it and that is what they have known their whole lives. They are unsure about the outside world so they do not bother going out there.
7. The freed prisoner is blinded by the sun at first and how much light at first. When he goes back into the cave, his eyes need to adjust to the darkness.
8. To get free, the prisoners have to want to get out. Others tell them about the outside. It takes people who are willing to ask questions. They have to uncomfortably turn their heads and when they see the light, the chains break.
9. There is a big difference between appearances and reality. Everything in this world is not what it may seem. When you are lost in the desert and you see a mirage, it’s not actually there. You are just seeing images that you are imagining.
10. There is no truth. There are only versions of the truth. Reality is self-deceptive and you believe anything that you see.
3. It is saying that we as students don’t want to go through the extra work and go outside of the cave because we want to stay in our own little comfort zone.
4. The imagery of shackles and the cave suggest that the prisoners only have that one perspective of the dark cave and have never left and are unable to leave to see the light outside of the cave. They are being controlled and limited to what they can do and see.
5. In society today, things like going with the flow and just doing the bare minimum shackle people. Everybody wants to stick with what they know and what they are comfortable with, and never want to try anything else because it is too much work. Nobody wants to change the way they do things or how they learn because they are content with the way it already is. They do not want to think about what could be.
6. The free prisoners can explore outside of the cave. They prefer their initial situation though because they are used to it and that is what they have known their whole lives. They are unsure about the outside world so they do not bother going out there.
7. The freed prisoner is blinded by the sun at first and how much light at first. When he goes back into the cave, his eyes need to adjust to the darkness.
8. To get free, the prisoners have to want to get out. Others tell them about the outside. It takes people who are willing to ask questions. They have to uncomfortably turn their heads and when they see the light, the chains break.
9. There is a big difference between appearances and reality. Everything in this world is not what it may seem. When you are lost in the desert and you see a mirage, it’s not actually there. You are just seeing images that you are imagining.
10. There is no truth. There are only versions of the truth. Reality is self-deceptive and you believe anything that you see.
I like your ideas about the things that "shackle" people in society today. You have some pretty cool insights.
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