"The Cave"

1. Summarize what the allegory is about in your own paragraph

I think that the story is about learning new things and having new experiences. Even though you may not like it at first, you will come to appreciate it and cherish it. It becomes your responsibility to teach others about the new things that you have learned and get them in touch with the new things in their lives.


2. What do you think Socrates is trying to say about the nature of reality/truth?

I think that he is saying that it takes a while to understand the truth of reality, but once we do understand it then we will truly be able to appreciate it.

3. How does this allegory relate to the learning process and education in general?

We may think that some of the things we are learning right now are stupid and worthless to learn, but we will soon come to find out that we are learning many important lessons right now that we won't realize until later in our lives.

4. Think about our modern day technological society; how does this allegory written thousands of years ago connect to our culture?

People used to think that technology was bad, but more and more of those people have came to realize that technology can have a great positive impact on our lives and that they are very useful for doing things in our lives.