In "The Allegory of the cave", Plato presents a conversation Socrates had with Glaucon as to people who refuse to embrace the truth and are willing to maintain their opinion regardless the true facts.
Socrates told Glaucon an allegory about a group of prisoners who had lived in an obscure cave all their life. They were motionless and could only face a wall at what was projected shadows of people, materials and animals. All their lives, those shadows were for the prisoners the representation of reality until one of them went outside the cave and discovered that everything he stood for was unreal. When he returned in the cave, he was threatened to share the truth with the other prisoners because they were unwilling to accept it. Socrates concluded by saying that when the truth is presented, it will be difficult to accept it, and those who found it are most likely to face troubles.
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ReplyDeleteHey, I'm Victor from English 101.
ReplyDeleteOkay, where to start? First of all, you don't have to explain in exact detail what those people were doing in the cave. Just saying they are in a dark cave outside of reality is sufficient. Secondly, I don't think you understood what the story was about. You're very close, but you don't quite go all the way.
The first "paragraph" doesn't make much sense, think of the story about the ignorance of people, and their willingness to stay ignorant even in the face of absolute truth. The final line is close to what Socrates concluded but you veer off a bit. It's more like, presenting the ignorant the truth will be difficult and you most likely will be hated for what you do.
Your spelling is good, and you don't make a lot of typos but your sentence structure needs work; which I think comes with more and more practice. I also suggest you re-read your words as much as possible to avoid using words that don't fit with what you're saying. Doing it out loud helps a lot in this respect, so I suggest you give it a try. Think to yourself: does this make sense when said out loud? If not, change it.
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