Blog #3: The Matrix: Utopia, Dystopia, and Realities

In “The Allegory of the Cave” Socrates explains that leaving the cave is stressful and the prisoners will be terrified and will have to adjust to the outside world, and it will take them a while to accept it even though it is way better than the world they were living in. Once anyone leaves their comfort zone they become ignorant and know nothing about the new world they are in at the moment so they are somewhat slaves.  Even if they leave the terrible illusion they still end up in a dystopian world which they are clueless in. I’ve faced situations in which I had to adjust to the reality and it did cause a lot of pain and confusion. I didn’t know how to confront it at all. This is how the prisoners felt in “The Allegory of the Cave”. Many Women back in the 18^th century started believing that due to their personal experiences their baby would be affected by it. They believed that if they listened to music and were peaceful it would help their baby. If their baby was born with disabilities it would mean that the women was exposed to loud music or something disturbing but during the early 20^th century, people stopped believing in this and women didn’t know what to believe. They were extremely confused and didn’t want accept something that they believed in for so long.

    Growing up I believed my father was the strongest most intelligent dad that lived the planet. He never failed me and knew how to answer every single question I asked him. He would never say “I have NO idea”. About when I was 10 I attended school a block away from my house and my dad decided to pick me up. I was listening in on my dad’s conversation on the phone and he was completely wrong with what he was saying. That ay I realized even though he is way more astute then many fathers out there is wasn’t the brightest. For days I thought about the same exact thing. It really bothered me as it crossed my mind. I couldn’t accept the fact my dad wasn’t the best.

     Out of the two processes of giving up illusion and embracing the truth I believe that the Plato’s dialogue is way more accurate than the movie “The Matrix”. I believe this is so because In Plato’s Dialogue it shows the pain that the prisoners went through and it presents to its readers way more conflict. You can also compare to others experiences rather than the Matrix where people can hardly relate to at all. “The Allegory of the Cave” explains how much struggles the prisoners went through to just get to the same pain at the end where it’s hard to adjust to their new reality. When people read “The Allegory of the Cave” they will surely state their own opinion and relate to it fully. This is why I think Plato’s dialogue is even more accurate than “The Matrix”.