PLATO’S MYTH OF THE CAVE

Today in our class, we are given a story from Sir Mark. The story is about prisoners, living in an underground cave from they were young. The treatment they received was not acceptable because it was torturing. They learned and observed the shadows and images they saw in the cave and to them that are the truth until one day an old man free one of the prisoners. But still, the prisoner can’t believe that all that he saw for many years was illusions.

Based on the story, we have to answers some questions. Firstly, we have to choose a setting or reality that similar to the story. The task must be done in a group of 3 people. Me, Azza and Ili were in one group and we chose family. We must give our opinion on the following object and what symbolizes each of them. In our opinion, each of these objects symbolizes:

1. The prisoners as the children
2. The chains as the rules and punishment
3. The fire as the love and affections
4. The shadows and images as the money the parents give
5. The puppet players as the parents
6. The old man as the individuals.

Overall, I think what we learn today is interesting because Sir Mark gives us to watch a video about the story and with that, we can see what the story was about.