In “Allegory of the Cave,” Plato's explains what is in front of the people is the only truth they know. Plato tells a story of how the prisoners in the cave were chained, facing a blank wall and the only thing they could see are the shadows cast by an objects behind the prisoners. The Prisoners would play games and guess what the shadows are. Plato asks what happens if one of the prisoners were set free. He assumed that the freed prisoner would be amazed and overwhelmed because the freed prisoner was living a lie and finally sees the truth. Plato also assumes that the prisoner will go back in the cave to tell the other prisoners of what the shadow really are and it is beyond of there expectation. The prisoner would not want to believe him because of the things they have not seen and he would be put into exile.
The author uses the prisoners as a symbolism of the human in our society. He explains how in nature, humans were not taught beyond the knowledge because of the narrow minded . It also explains how we would believe the only obvious but would not believe something that is not there. "Would he not be certain to have his eyes full of darkness?" Plato states that once a human have enlighten the new knowledge of the world, it is difficult to see the same as everyone. They are CONCEIVE to what everyone already knows but are not open minded to see the different way of life.
The prisoners live in the darkness but doesn't really portray the reason to not understanding what the freed prisoner has to say. If I were in the cave I would normally be the one not wanting to know something that is beyond my expectation. On my friend's birthday her mom cooked food that I normally don't eat. I don't ASCEND out of my comfort zone because of my narrow minded and I don't try it. I felt remorse after that situation but it shows that some people don’t go beyond of what they already have know.
In this passage it shows that few are tolerant to learning new things but some are more likely not to believe the truth. Like the prisoners, they do not try to ATTAIN and listen to the freed prisoner but tries to warn him about things he should only know. It shows that people don't want to extend their knowledge but block out the truth because it might be the things that they might not want to know.