The allegory of the cave
The allegory of the cave differentiates between persons who fault sensory understanding for the certainty and those who appreciate the truth. This represents family member, friends and other entries who desire to pursue understanding outside the cave and the senses. Every person creates their own “cave” by the way they perceive things. The “cave” is largely shaped by the media that easily blinds and influences family members. Grimshaw and Garner (2015) argue that we directly interact with the perception of the objects that make reality, not the objects themselves. People in the “cave” are unconscious of reality and the shadows they see creates an impression of their reality. Technology is a significant component today. Authors and other internet users can publish their opinions online for the readers to easy access. People “escape” realism by using social networking sites and propagate rumors that hinder us from thinking soundly.
Most individual are imprisoned in their own little worlds, unconscious to what reality goes on around them. Without the transformative experience no one can see the world rightly. Plato (2017 cites that the idea of good is seen only with an effort. Thus, embracing reality involves great struggles and individual work put massive effort to be conscious of reality. The society in deep in the cave as we are mannequins to modernity as exemplified in the advertisements that tell the populace what to wear or not wear. The print media and celebrities propagate an ideology that beauty is embracing skinny and other illusion which shapes who we are. Wearing make ups to mask faces to look like the models and celebrities we see on televisions is the norm today.
References
Grimshaw, M., & Garner, T. (2015). Sonic virtuality: Sound as emergent perception. Oxford Publishers.
Plato, . (2017). Allegory of the Cave. S.L.: Lulu Com