Essay on The Cave

“Choosing a Map for Life,” by M. Scott Peck, “The Allegory of the Cave,” by Plato, “The Truman Show” and “Salvation” by Langston Hughes describe the views and perspective of the reality in our world. We have to get out, discover the world around and revise it. By setting up a map or goal and revising it in the world, will make us to control our perceptions and draw close to the reality.

This painting is so realistic and painted with such precision and detail that he must’ve wanted us to see this place exactly how he did, with great beauty and light. The local colors are vibrant and cool yet still make you smile because it reminds you of a warm summer day. The use of two contrasting colors, the blue of the water and sky and the tan of the cliffs and couds, make the tan color stand out creating such a visually pleasing and dynamic effect. The organic fluffy clouds and the ripples in the water convey a peaceful sense to the scene. The pompous cliffs stand solidly contributing to the historical importance of this location. The artist captures the illusion of depth through atmospheric perspective; as the object gets farther it encompasses less detailed contributing to the descriptive nature of it. Since the left side of the painting is much heavier than the right this painting is asymmetrical. Your eye tends to gravitate towards the cliffs on the left because of their size and bright color which emphasize the cliffs. This emphasis creates a focal point that the viewer is immediately compelled to look at.

In the Allegory of the Cave there are chained prisoners in cave who can only stare at the cave wall in front of them. At the back there is a long entrance with a staircase the width of the cave and a fire burning in the distance. They see only shadows projected in front of them from a raised platform and hear an echo that they attribute to what they observe. They talk about and name the shadows of objects they see before them. To them the truth are the shadows. Then one day one of the prisoners is released. He is told that what he saw before was an illusion. Once he is outside it takes a while for his eyes to adjust to the sun. First he observed the shadows of thing then their reflection and finally the actual object. Remembering his previous state he goes back to the cave and tries to explain that everything is an illusion but they laugh at him and think he’s crazy. They believe it best not to ascend and they choose to remain as they are. The cave represented opinion. The shadows that are cast on to the wall represented physical objects. The prisoners represented the common people (Welles).

Once she reaches the bottom she immediately jumps up and runs back to the ladder to wait her turn to go again.

In Plato's Republic, the great philosopher describes what is needed to achieve a perfect society. He addresses several subjects still debated in today's society, such as justice, gender roles, and the proper form of education. He discusses these issues through his main character, Socrates. Socrates, another well-known philosopher for his time, happens upon a group of men, and what begins as a modest question, leads into a series of debates, metaphors, and allegories. Perhaps the most discussed allegory in today's popular culture is the Allegory of the Cave. Over the past decade, several movies have mimicked the fantasy, the most profitable being the Matrix Trilogy. But what makes this story so fascinating? Through it, Plato attempts to map

She [the grandmother] pointed out interesting details of the scenery: Stone Mountain, the blue granite that in some places came up to both sides of the highway; the brilliant red clay banks slightly streaked with purple; and the various crops that made row of green lace-work on the ground. The trees were full of silver white sunlight and the meanest of them sparkled. (1286)

Next, a person somehow escapes the cave. There are multiple ways this can be possible, either outside forces or internal forces. The person has been chained in the cave their whole life, so moving is difficult, but they manage to make it up the steep path and out of the cave. While their pain may make them want to retreat back into the cave, the force that compelled them out is stronger than their pain.

This now knowledgeable individual remembers the others who are still trapped in the cave ignorant to the wonders which lay outside of it. He considers him self lucky to

The dig is relentless, 100 meters through cold, hard dirt. The constant risk of a cave in does not keep our hopes up as well as we have already lost 3 men in the past week due to them. I press my ear against the wall of the now abruptly ending tunnel. “Tink

They settled down and took off whatever gear they were carrying, had a meal and shared information about the cave, told a story to boost morale and went to sleep. Waking up to an alarm since it would be impossible to wake to the sun at such a depth underneath so much earth, the crew did some stretches, had another meal and put their gear back on. The sounds of preparation and movement the only sound they could hear in the cave's silence. It was then that Zuzia pointed out something they must have missed, in one of the walls with a sheet of crystal growing on it one could tell if looking close enough there was another cavern on the other side. Motioning for the others to come look it was decided Bill would blow a hole in the wall, moments later the explosion sounded and the cave shook. Luckily the cave held firm and nobody was injured, many others have died when pulling off such risky maneuvers,but are sometimes needed to truly explore future colonies. As suspected the newly created passage led to a huge cavern compared to their first, crystals where everywhere with even some grass, and oddly enough a small light coming off some of the crystal stalactites. Only one thought came to mind as the group

Crislia felt along the ceiling for the edge of a panel she knew was there. When she located it, she pulled it off and climbed down. After placing the panel noiselessly on the ground, she climbed up and started to enter the new hole.

The Allegory of the Cave or also known as, Myth of the Cave, is a good example of explaining the feature of the way people think. It is a concept that demonstrates how humans are fearful of change and what they don’t know. Plato says that men are living in an underground cave and it is a situation. The Allegory of the Cave is Plato's explanation of the education of the soul toward enlightenment. Plato talks about being free, everyday life, knowledge, and essentially what he wrote to be true. I think that he was very unique with his writings because there are so many ways to look at the world and his way was just one. He was educated highly and is recognized as a philosopher to this day.

They frantically looked for somewhere to hide and came upon a cavern. Then, they ran into the cavern without hesitation. They waited in the dark, cold cavern for what seemed like hours but was only a few minutes. Prue pushed the two girls forward, and they began to walk out of the cavern because it was dark and they needed to get back home. They got right outside the opening, and Jane felt a breath on her neck. Then, everything went black.

Then Jerry looks up and sees that the source of light is not the end of the tunnel, but only a crack in the rock. Hopeful terms are used to describe the break in the stone. “Sunlight,” typically associated with warmth, life, and comfort, falls through it, illuminating the “clean” rock of the tunnel, and as Jerry gazes he sees a single mussel shell, the only sign on life in the tunnel. Ahead of him is “darkness,” but that is his only way out, although he thinks he has reached “the end of what he could

It is the first modern landscape in Western art. Though the humans seem to be the main focus, the landscape is just as important.