Plato's Allegory

Today in Mr. Schick's class, we had a very intense conversation about Plato's Allegory. It is about these prisoners who were chained up in a cave their entire life. Behind them, was a fire and there were people who would make shadows on the wall in front of them. During the story, one of the criminals is freed. He is not used to seeing the fire and being able to leave the cave so he doesn't know what to do with himself. He leaves and asks himself "why am i put through this" basically. He doesn't like it. He thought he was being tortured by having to leave and he wanted to go back. He wondered why all the other people got to stay and he wasn't allowed. Mr. Schick also related this to real life, this is basically life our television. We see all of the characters on tv with perfect lives and we think that's what its like. Most people would rather sit in front of the television then go outside and make something of themselves. I actually really enjoyed this class and tying in our lessons of Ancient Greece along with the modern day touch.