The Cave

Read the "The Cave"
Answer the following questions after reading it.

1. Summarize what the allegory is about in your own paragraph.
It is about coming from a world of suffering and being brought to freedom in the light. Learning all things and dwelling on them. Also it is about learning to understand those less fortunate than you, learning their pains and suffering. It is about judging each others class in society, learning to cope with what you know and what you feel, and that you cant always help those less fortunate.

2. What do you think Socrates is trying to say about the nature of reality/truth?
It is at first hard to grasp, but once you get a grasp on it it is only natural to ponder it. Also, you cant always teach the truth to others, or set them free.

3. How does this allegory relate to the learning process and education in general?
Learning comes from the bottom up, you cant just start at the top and expect to get everything beneath it. You also learn more if you ponder the knowledge and question it within your own mind.

4. Think about our modern day technological society; how does this allegory written thousands of years ago connect to our culture?
Those born in the cave are the older generation, those that didnt have technology when they were growing up. Those already outside the cave are the new generation, they already get it as the were born into it. Those coming out of the cave are the middle generation who are approaching the middle of their life, where technology is just being put out. They are slowly learning everything they can about it.