Plato's Allegory

Plato's Allegory of the Cave-What is it? To recap, Plato was a philosopher and student under Socrates. He witnessed the trial of Socrates and wrote down the events of it in a book called Apologie. This book describes how Socrates defended himself in the trial which he failed to successfully do. Socrates's arguments were that he did not do anything wrong and that he should be fed for life. Plato's other, and I believe only other, book is Republic. Now onto the allegory. The word allegory is a story or poem that contains a hidden message or meaning. In Plato's allegory he starts out with three men who have been chained up since birth to face this wall of a cave (Remember this is a made up story.) The cave also had a fire which cast shadows as objects and people went by. One day one of the men breaks free and goes out into the light which blinds him as Mr. Schick compared to that blindness you experience when you exist a movie theater. Then the man sees everything and their shadows. He then goes back to the other two men in the cave and tells them what they're missing out on. 

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