FREE ESSAY ON ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE

ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE

Allegory of the Cave
Allegories are small stories that deal with big ideas and hopefully help people reach the
state of being enlightened. In Allegory of the Cave, a person was enlightened.
Enlightened is when you have learned or found something new that amazes you or leaves you
in horror. You may believe it to be true or not but you don't go on living the same as
before. You may be forced to see the real world and be enlightened by everything there
is.
There are many people living in the cave. They are all chained up. They cannot move their
heads. There is a fire burning behind them. It makes shadows on the wall in front of
them. They can only see the light for the fire. There is a walk way between the fire and
them. On which guards walk to the exit and make shadows on the wall with objects for the
prisoners to see. They have been like this since they were born. They don't know there is
another world out there. They believe that is what life is about. 
The lesson in the Allegory of the Cave was you have to be enlightened to understand new
concepts. You may not like what you are going to find out but it is for your own good and
well being. You can chose to believe what you have learned or be ignorant and try to
forget it, which you never will. It is hard to live in a dream world when you know the
truth. 
When I was younger I was liven in my own dream world. Can you blame me? I'm so perfect;
at least that's what I thought. My freshmen year I tried out for the soccer team. I made
the team with ease. But I didn't start. That really made me mad. I was perfect I should
be starting not riding the bench. I thought about what I was doing wrong. It took me a
week to find out. Since I'm so perfect I would try to take the ball and score all by
myself. The coach wanted me to pass more and it would be easier. So I started passing and
it was much easier. We started scoring more too. I had to force myself to pass the ball
and make everything easier. It is much like the prisoner being forced out of the cave. He
didn't realize that it was better until he was forced out and enlightened by the real
world.
Allegories are small stories that deal with big ideas and hopefully help people reach the
state of being enlightened. You will be taken to a place with many new doors that lead to
a bunch of other doors of enlightenment. The further you go the more you will learn. You
may be enlightened many different times in your life. You will become a better person
when you do.