Plato’s excerpt ‘The Allegory of the Cave” and the movie The Matrix both have similarities and differences as well. They both face a change due to their choices.
In Plato’s excerpt, Socrates explains about the slaves being in this dark cave filled with shadows, and chains. The slaves haven’t been accustomed to anything else in the outside world. He explains that if they were set free they would have nothing but pain and they would be too afraid to go anywhere else. It will take time for them to adjust to their surroundings and accept the fact that they are in a different environment. Many people don’t accept change at all and rather stay where they were before then to experience something that most likely is better. According to Plato “he would rather suffer anything than enter these false notions and live in this miserable manner.” Although the prisoners don’t want to leave their comfort zone which is the cave, they know it will be a positive turning point and they would just have to adjust to it. For example if there was a woman that has been in a relationship for a really long period of time and her boyfriend was a very abusive companion, she would not let anyone get in the way of her relationship. She will ignore all help and deny it completely. She will start to believe her own lies and never want to leave this terrible situation. It will take a long time for her to come to her senses and leave this abusive person she calls her boyfriend. She will have to take time for her to get it together.
However in The Matrix it is somewhat the same. Neo is faced with two choices. One is to stay where he is with his normal boring life and the second choice is to become a part of an illusionary world. Neo ends up in a dystopian world even though it took him a lot of time to adjust. In they play “Oedipus The King” it is similar as well. Oedipus was exposed to the truth and he didn’t take it very well. He was miserable so he tried to flee from his problem. The irony is even though he tried to run away from his problem it kept getting closer with every move he made. They prophecy at the end came true. Oedipus still ended up miserable just like in The Matrix. Where Neo still ended up in a post nuclear apocalyptic landscape where humans are slaves.
With all of my readings, and the movie I find that in “The allegory of The cave” the message is way more accurate than the others. It clearly states the main idea which is once someone is so use to being in one place once they go through change, they will suffer and be in pain. They wouldn’t a just or accept they change. The prisoners had not experienced anything else but being in the dark cave filled with shadows and chains. Of course and human being wouldn’t grow to a new world with no trouble at all. It was told that women back in the 1800’s believed that everything they went through and what their emotions where it would affect their baby instantly. If they would listen to loud music their baby would be born blind. A while after it was said that it was a myth. Women didn’t want to accept the fact that it was a lie. They refused it but deep down they knew it was true. People ignore what is true and it stops us from doing great things in life.
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