Allegory of the Cave.edited 28.03.21

Allegory of the Cave Name Institutional affiliations Date Allegory in the Cave In book 7 of the Republic, Plato describes the prisoners being in a state of contentment, knowing that all they were seeing was nothing but the truth. The prisoners in the cave only know and believed one side of the world. Other people in the background controlled the images that generated the shadows, and they knew well that these prisoners were nothing but idiots. Therefore, with this understanding, it would be fitting to ascertain that in today's contemporary world, people's lives are just like those of the prisoners in the Republic. The "Allegory in the Cave" happenings could be interpreted as what is happening in today's world. The meaning could be positive or negative, depending on where one is standing. There is the advancement of technology in today's world whereby the current century has been branded information age. But one may ask, are the people informed? And if they are, is the information correct, or is it doctored and distorted by a few individuals who make people believe what they want them to think (Zamosc, 2017). on the other hand, the media has altered everything favoring the government, and its citizens are only fed with one side of the story. In some countries, people be