TSE TSZ CHUNG 1106826(Description of Allegory of the Cave)

TSE TSZ CHUNG 1106826(Description of Allegory of the Cave)

INITIAL

In this Plato’s Cave, a group of prisoners are sitting or standing, facing a empty big wall. These prisoners watch the shadows that are projected from behind them in front a great fire flames, Between fire flames and prisoner, there is a hallway, which allowed the tester to place anything to be projected the shadow o f the items on the wall.

Hence, without looking back to the real item, the prisoner will take the projected shadows as a real object. No matter how we have show him or her the real object and they turning their hand back to the real cast behind them (literally an real object), they would also insist that the shadow projected is the real object instead the object behind them.

Giving a example, a shadow of a book is projected to the wall. One of the prisoner answers: I see a book. This prisoner is basically seeing a book from the shadow projected. He is talking about the shadow but not the book. Subconsciously, the concept of real objects would be a shadow.

RELEASED

And yet, the light of the fire ignites the source of the seasons and the years, caretaker of all things in the visible place.  Without light, we see nothing.  Once the prisoner is get out of the cave, at the first place bearing that shadow is the real object. When it comes to night, without sunlight will lead him rethink the concept of real thing. Then he or she will realized that  the real object wasn’t shadow and understand the bond between light (sun) and objects from all around the world, light is the root that allow us to see any objects around us.

RETURN

Majority is the power holder in a society. When majority agree on something which is bad or wrong,, minority still has to follow no matter that thing is right or good. Majority is the king in the food chain of society. The man released and found out the real theory of a real object from the outside world and ready to spread the truth among his fellow prisoners in the cave who still insist on the wrong concept of a real object. The fellow prisoners might strongly disagree on that twisted concept told by an insane fellow who recently released out to the outside world.(is likely to conspiracy theory we having nowadays) And once he went out and learns the real theory from the outside world, does he thrown out the initial concept or make a comparison , or pathetically  due to the majority power make him believe what he believe at the starting point, continually wrong till the end.

Summary

The people who holding the object in front the flame has indicated the government, people with high authorization and dignity has controlled and manipulate our perspective by only roughly showing shadow of the facts. For those who has been fooled for time to time, when we has a rush of curiosity and wanted to know the truth, we will like to find out just like the in Plato’s cave, glazing back the real thing/object/fact. People shouldn’t like the prisoner only seeing the shadow (statement or fact given by that specifically status people who false the truth), we should stand out and voice out our own perspective, never follow the tendency or majority.  For most people get influenced by the mock-up mindset created by the government has making discovering the facts harder due to the power of majority has conquer the desire and curiosity to pursue the truth.

In education field. Knowledge and education (shadow) taught (projected) by our tutor or teacher mustn’t 100 percent correct, instead that we should challenge and argue what you believe is what so called the real deal of learning.  Whatever taught or spread by the elder must 100 percent correct, if it was wrong based on your sense, fight it please.

Tse Tsz Chung 1106826