Blog entry 5

In"allegory of the cave" author tells a story to show how far human nature is enlightened or unenlightened. There are some prisoners who have been in an underground den for a long time from their young childhood. Their bodies are chained so that they can not move and can see only the shadows which is thrown from the fire behind them. One day, a prisoner got released accidentally and he saw the light from the sun and real world. Finally,he realized that what he saw before was an illusion and not everything in the world. Author points out that people believe that only what they see and know is the truth and everything without knowing that there are more beyond them in their life.