A Closed Reality In Plato And Plato's Allegory Of The Cave

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In the essay “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato, a conversation ensues between Socrates and Glaucon depicting a cave in which human being are chained without the ability to question their reality. The prisoners are unaware of they are prisoners, thus creating their own fabricated world within the cave. “They have been there since childhood, chained not just by their legs but by their necks, so that they can’t move and can only look ahead of them – the neck-chain makes it impossible for them to turn their heads round.” (Plato 239) The argument depicts the notion in which people fall into two categories. The first dictates human beings believe was is shown to them without question, no hesitation otherwise to believe another “truth”. The second …show more content…

There is a multitude of evidence to support this claim. For example: Recent mass shootings erupting throughout the nation with the government’s inability to designate strict gun safety laws, Black Lives Matter is criticized yet the KKK continues to practice under freedom of speech, Hurricanes tearing through Puerto Rico with lack of US support to provide resources. This is similar to Plato’s Allegory of the cave, “’Ones that resemble us,’ I said, ‘since first of all do you think people in that condition will have seen anything of themselves or of each other except for their shadows, cast by the fire on to the surface of the cave in front of them?’” (Plato 240) If one does not encounter the source of the issue at hand, why question it to begin with? We are given just enough information to be narrow minded, to live in our confined haven away from the rest of civilization. Civilizations that experience pain and suffering, in ways numerous denizens of our society are unaware of; a blasphemous concept. Society is not contemporary reality. It is a façade in which deters citizens from analyzing for themselves. To believe such notions is to hand over one’s fate into someone else’s …show more content…

Throughout this essay we have been given concerns regarding existence of “The Matrix” versus “The Real”, how media contorts our views, and how to free ourselves from its unwavering grip. We live in a society that renders us incapable of maintaining separation from the mainstream world. Some of us find ways to break free from such vices, but are forced back in due to career or social involvement. Due to such happenings, we begin to lose sight of what is “real” and what really matters in this world. There is so much sadness, unspeakable acts that are committed all over the world every single day. Why does our news not report what happens instead of tweaking words around to create unnecessary confusion? Fear. The fear of allowing individual members of society free to think, feel, and use this as a platform to fight back against those who hold such power. This corruption of power exists everywhere you look. Open your eyes and see we are mere puppets in a larger scheme created years ago in the intent to move the world in a certain direction. The question lies not with the occurrence of such free will to battle the oppressor. More so the matter at hand is are you willing to sacrifice the “benefits” our society holds dearly (social media, perception of society) for a future in which you have more independence to live out life in your own terms? We are now aware of what is and what can

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