Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” is concerned about on how humans perceive things or the truth in

particular. It shows how we gain knowledge. Plato claims is another way of finding the truth
which is philosophical. The Allegory shows how the cave, shadow, game, escape and return of
the prisoners symbolized different things a person would know if he/she would even try to look
at things differently. The Allegory started with three prisoners tied up by a chain inside a cave
where the fire behind them is the only source of light. They didn’t have any reflection of the
things outside the cave. Because they were chained, they have decided to have a game which is
to guess what shadows would appear next. The twist of the Allegory was when one of the
prisoners escaped and left the cave. He was shocked on what the world outside of the cave is. As
he begins to understand things, he realized that the world outside the cave is not real. After his
intellectual journey where he discovered beauty and meaning, he returned to the cave and told
the prisoners his discoveries. They didn’t believe him and told him that the world outside
corrupted his way of thinking. They even threatened to kill him if he tries to set them free.
The Allegory really made me think hard after watching it. It made me contemplate on a lot of
things. It also amazed me on how the minds of Socrates and Plato works. It is a good
representation on how a person should think or the kind of mentality that a person should have.
A person’s knowledge is not acquired only through the senses, the truth should be found in a
philosophical way. Not everything that we see and hear is the truth.