Blog 5: Summary "Allegory of the Cave"

 The "Allegory of the cave" is a dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon. Socrates is describes to Glaucona to imagine a cave. Inside the cave prisoners are chained from there legs, arms and neck since there childhood. The cave is also used as a walkway. The walkway is located behind them. Theres also a enormous fire between the prisoners and the walkway. The fire makes shadows cast by the peolple that cross the walkway. Theses shadows are reflected to the big wall infront of the prisoners. The prisoners see different forms of shadows. This is because people cross with different objects. The prisoners also hear echoes from the wall made by the walkway. The prisoners have view shadows and heard  echoes for years since there childhood. There knowledge is based on all of what they have seen and heard. They dont know more than what they have seen and heard. If a prisoner is released and is brought out  the cave. The prisoner would be confused and disturb of what he sees. As time goes by he would understand things and see everything more clearly. He would have gain more knowledge of he knew before coming out the cave. He would go back to his fellow prisoners and would try to speak and tell them of what he has learned. But they would not undestand what he is speaking. He is just another shadow and echo.