Since early childhood 4 men are Tightly chained around the neck and the legs unable to move in a sitting position forced to stare at a wall . In a dark cave ,to a post ,4 men,are given the only source of reality which is in front of them on a wall that is dimly lighted from a fire that is positioned above and behind them.Between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised platform with a low wall built to hid the bodies of the marionette’s who are displaying the shadow of puppets and shapes onto the wall.These men have been in the cave so long that they have the belief and without a doubt that the figures and animals they are seeing are represented accurately to what we know them to be.One of the men is released from the chains and slowly begins his ascension up the stairs and when he reaches the outside of the cave he is just left awestruck and disbelief at what he is seeing and begins doubting what he see’s compared to what he grew up with and saw in the cave. But his disbelieg turns into understanding which enlightens his interpretation of things he experienced in the cave and his intelligence to the level of what most would consider a philospher .But he is left with symphony and guilt about letting the other prisoners know what he has discovered but is only responded by the others that he is crazy and if anyone were to leave the cave they would just become insane like him. …show more content…
Leaving him with a enlightned belief that even if the “blinded” are unwilling to accept the truth that you shouldn’t give up on them because the truth isn’t easy to understand and they also have the right to be enlightened even if the road will be