Many individuals question human nature and how our society is created to find justice. “Allegory of the Cave” written by Plato, a Greek philosopher, was a dialogue between Glaucon and Socrates. The Allegory depicts the idea that some people are seeing the truth to be aching. People were born to be told things, which naturally believed is hard to know what is true. They are unable to see the reality and when told the truth, it is hard for people to accept it any other way. As a result, people exceed its limits to find the truth. Some may say this allegory, is the reflection of our world today. There are many representations of the allegory can be applied in how we live our everyday lives. One of many is fast food chains restaurants.
First, Plato’s Allegory of the Cave describes the world where there are chained prisoners with shackles on living in a cave. There are puppeteers in the cave who cast shadows of objects with a fire that later become a construct of reality for them. Eventually, one of the prisoners were able to break out of the chains and escaped. As he leaves the cave, he is blinded by the sun, however, adjusted to this new world. He is amazed as he sees everything more clearly. He discovers the true beauty and meaning of life as he explores more of the world. Soon, he learns that he had spent too much time in the cave, thus always believed the shadows in the cave were real. After spending time in the new world he acknowledges that everything he knew was true,