Plato and Sartre both created a story that are very similar to one another. Both express the idea of self entrapment due to lack of knowledge or not realizing what reality truly is. They convey this message through their stories which can be seen as extended metaphors. Plato uses the idea of the cave and the men in shackles to show that they believe what they see is reality but in fact all they are seeing is a representation of what is real. In Sartre's "No Exit" he describes the idea of a living hell through the experiences of the three people being put in a room together who all in a sense hate each other. I think that an important point to take away from both stories is that in order to fix this problem of the unknown everyone needs to be willing to share and teach the knowledge that they have. I think a great example is our own class. We have created a huge network of students who are sharing their knowledge with each other and it helps those who can't quite see reality get a little closer to the truth. An example of this would come from Plato's story in the cave. One of the prisoners is set free and leaves the cave and sees reality. He then goes back to the cave and tells the others who haven't seen reality what is is about and what it looks like. At first they don't believe him because they believe that they are in reality because it's all that they have seen. But soon enough they come to realize that he is right and that there is so much more to what you can learn and come to know than what you all ready have.
A.j. Franklin
Period 2
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