PLATO’S MYTH OF THE CAVE

“At the first stage are prisoners, tied so that they can perceive only shadows on the back of the cave. The shadows are cast by artificial objects, and the light is thrown by a fire. Their only reality would be the shadow of these artificial objects. With enlightenment a prisoner might be turned to see first the artificial objects, then the fire, then the real world, and last of all the Sun. Each stage would be difficult and unfamiliar, and at the end the enlightened subject would be unable to communicate his knowledge to the prisoners remaining below. Plato says that the ascent stands for the upward journey of the soul into the region of the intelligible, identified with that which is alone truly real. The myth may be read purely as an invitation to think, rather than to rely on the way things appear to us, but it is often used as an open invitation to belief in esoteric and mystical states of knowing”

My own version of Plato’s myth

The prisoners

· trafficked children

The chains

· The malice approach that has been made by the irresponsible person

The fire

· The mastermind behind all of this disarray as they are the one who are going to take advantage on the innocent children.

The shadows and the images

· The misconduct that is being used by the immoral person to accomplish their mission even they harm others.

The Puppet players

· The person who is assist with the other ‘black guard’ people to conduct this kind of human trafficking.

The old man

· Reliable individual which in charge in bringing back the harmony and protection toward this unlucky children