Jessica Chee
Cerritos College
English 103
Post #1
The Allegory of the Cave
This allegory paints of picture of how some people choose to be slaves to their senses. In this story, Socrates speaks to Glaucon about prisoners that are chained and living in the caves. These prisoners only see their world to be full of darkness and shadows. They refuse to see that there is light because they are so used to the darkness and chains.
Our ways of thinking has a dramatic effect on our attitude in life. Our attitude is reflected by our behavior, and our behavior is reflected by our actions, beliefs, and of choices that we make in life. Everyone of us, has the ability to decide how to image our lives. There is always 'light' and something good in our lives to appreciate. No matter how dark or burdensome our lives may seem to be at times, we have the control to view the glass as half full, instead of half empty. We all go through trials in life. However, we can learn from them and decide if we will become a slave to all those difficulites, or to move past them. The prisoners in the story were so used to being in chains that they gave up on the light. Though the light was there, they were too scared to see reality.
