In "Allegory of the Cave" Plato explains to his young follower about how people are illusioned and feel comfortable just like that but once they see the light they will regret their ways than knowing the light of truth. This is the world of reality for the prisoners.
In Plato's imaginary cave he describes prisoners being chained inside a cave where they only see a fire on the wall without turning their heads. The only thing they hear are echos and all they see is shadows from people passing by. The shadows or images are created by the form holders who stand between the prisoners and fireThey may hold up and image of a duck making a barking sound but in reality it wouldn't be that way. Everything is just an illusion of what they think they are seeing. They are blinded In reality even if they were released and saw the sun they would fear the truth. They would even think the shadows are what they think but in reality it's just another illusion. But still if he was freed he would acclimate. He would see more things around him until he saw the sun and he would understand that the sun is the source of the seasons and years. But if the prisinor went back to reveal this to the other prisoners they would disbelieve him because all they know is the darkness and shadows they live in.
Hey Chris,
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1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. No
Your summary is very well written and you used good examples to back up your main ideas. You got the point across very well as to how the prisoners were viewing things as well as how they would see things if they were to go into the reality of the real world. There was little to none grammar mistakes and your thoughts were organized in the in the same order just as the story. You didn’t include your personal opinion which is good, a personal opinion shouldn’t be written in a summary. All in all your summary was great.
-Martyna P.
In general, I agree with martyna's assesment.
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