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The Allegory Of The Cave, By Elie

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Stories have patterns, they all follow a formula to be a “successful” story in this instance, “Night”. “Night” shows us a unique structure of a nonfiction Journey about a 15 year old kid “Elie” that can proudly say has been a “hero” According to Campbell, as his the framework he created “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” is seen throughout Elie’s story, but not only is he a “hero” he can also be seen as a person who has seen a new realization & his whole world is turned upside down, as his story gives us aspects of what Plato would call “The Allegory of the Cave”. Although Elie's story In "Night" does not give you the same aspect of realization that "The Allegory of the Cave" gives you, it gives you a perspective of how Elie is brought into …show more content…

“How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads” (Plato 380 BCE). Plato was telling us that you need different situations, different angles and experiences to realize what's actually out there beyond the shadows . The ' 'shadows' ' for Elie was Judaism and his commitment into studying it and learning it. Although in this instance it was an unfortunate situation that led him into “moving his head” and seeing a different angle, by the end of this journey when Elie sees beyond the ‘shadows’, Elie’s faith and trust in Judaism was all gone when he realized that Judaism would not do anything for him when it came to real world situations, he realized that he shouldn't put trust and faith into something that until now din't seem to be real . In Elies own words he stated “In the beginning there was faith.. Which is childish; trust.. Which is vain; and illusion; which is …show more content…

Elie by the end of the journey had changed so much and became someone you can not reverse in doing so he has earned being free. “The balance between two worlds” wasn't really embraced or highlighted but after the fact of his journey many years later Elie has stated that “People were convinced I broke it off with god, I never divorced god, i was angry at God, and still am” So eventually he “made up” with god meaning he masterned both worlds, The “shadows” and the unchained

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