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The allegory of the cave, like most things philosophy, can be deciphered in many ways. Plato was a Greek philosopher and mathematician who left his mark in history. His philosophy was based on people not really living life just following. If you have lived your life in front of a wall and haven’t experienced nothing else, that’s all you would know. Being tooken out of the cave the person would feel out of place and not know what was going on. In the story they was all chain together, the closest they ever got to reality was seeing their shadows. When someone from the group broke out of the chains and experienced “the fire” no one else believed since the wall was all to their knowledge. No matter how much he tried to convince them. when you break thru and go thru experiences rather than just listening and being afraid of everything it can make you , you. Parent can be an example. They are always trying to protect their kids. But if you experience something beside safety, you can know what the difference is. Don’t have to be chained to everybody’s way of life and believes. Another example can be religious experience. As a priest preaches about how life should be lived and what you should believe, what should be done and what shouldn’t be done. This is a form of being “in the cave” since your experiences are limited.