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    Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" conveys that humans do not typically perceive reality and are instead trapped in their own limited perspectives, comparing the true world to something that would kill them. Those who develop a true understanding of reality cannot see the old "reality" and are seen as crazy by others who remain blindly accepting of their limited views. The symbols of chains, cave and fire in the allegory represent cultural boundaries that restrict thinking, the confines of one's perspective, and the anger of that restricted state. In The Road, the father represents the one who sees beyond limitations while the boy initially follows mainstream perspectives but is open to changing his views.

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    Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" conveys that humans do not typically perceive reality and are instead trapped in their own limited perspectives, comparing the true world to something that would kill them. Those who develop a true understanding of reality cannot see the old "reality" and are seen as crazy by others who remain blindly accepting of their limited views. The symbols of chains, cave and fire in the allegory represent cultural boundaries that restrict thinking, the confines of one's perspective, and the anger of that restricted state. In The Road, the father represents the one who sees beyond limitations while the boy initially follows mainstream perspectives but is open to changing his views.

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    AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION

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    Questions Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” & The Road

    1. What does Plato hope to convey to readers of his allegory?

    The wise shouldn't always rule

    2. According to Plato, do human beings typically perceive reality? To what does he compare the world?
    No they do not, humans are trapped in their own little realities and cannot handle actually reality, it will kill them.

    A labor camp or prison

    3. According to Plato, what often happens to people who develop a true idea of reality? How well do they compete
    with others? Who is usually considered superior? Why?
    They are unable to see the old reality because "it is too dark" they are looked at as crazy and will be hated
    People who see in the darkness, because they can lie about hat they see and they make others blindly believe in them.

    4. How do you symbolically interpret such details of this allegory as the chains, the cave, and the fire? What
    connotations do such symbols have?

    The chains are cultural boundaries that prohibit leaving or thinking differently, maybe laws like jim crow or such.
    The cave is a certain place that is filled with these boundaries, one's personal prison
    The fire is the anger that is felt in that land

    5. Revisit your reading of The Road and consider how the boy and the father might be representative of the characters
    in this allegory. Which character is the father? The boy? Why?

    The father is the loon who walks towards the sun and the kid is his follower who thinks the same as the others, always questiioning
    everything and reluctant to follow his dad.

    Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” Analysis

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