The Allegory of the Cave

The Allegory of the Cave is basically an imagined scenario narrated by Plato during his time.The main idea of this scenario is that what human beings thinks as reality in this world isn't the real truth.There is always a truth hidden in the shadows of walls.In this scenario some people are imagined to be chained up in such a way that they can't move their heads.They are seat to see a projector like a wall size.The shadows are so close that they take them as real.If one of the prisoner gets chance to get out from this chained world and is held to face the sunlight then, he will be thinking that this is the source of all the things.For the reflections, for the years to come and pass away.If this prisoner goes back to his fellow mates and describes what he saw, then they will be thinking him as crazy because for them the reality is with in the boundaries.