Parallels between The Movie, The Matrix and Platos Allegory Of The Cav

Par eitherels between The Movie, The intercellular substance and Platos Allegory Of The Cave In Book VII of The Republic, Plato tells a story entitled The Allegory Of The Cave. He begins the story by describing a dark underground weaken where a group of people be sitting in one commodious row with their backs to the caves entrance. Chained to their chairs from an early age, totally the humans can gossip is the distant cave wall in from of them. Their view of reality is soley ground upon this limited view of the cave which but is a poor imitate of the real world. In addition to the chained people, there are new(prenominal) people in the cave. Plato refers to them as the puppet-handlers and they are the ones holding those in the cave captive. (It is important to realize that the prisoners do non realize this--in fact, the prisoners do not even realize that they are being held captive since this existence is all they have ever cognize.) Walking behind the prisoners, the puppet -handlers hold up confused objects found in the real world. Due to a fire that is keen the mouth of the cave, the prisoners are able to suck the objects and each other alone as distorted, flickering shadows on the cavern wall in breast of them.Unfortunately, the prisoners can not see the actual objects or the puppet-makers because they are uneffective to turn their heads. From childhood, ...their legs and necks have been in bonds so that they are fixed, seeing only what is in front of them.... As Plato goes on to later explain, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images. The movie, The Matrix, parallels Platoss Allegory Of The Cave in a morsel of ways. Similar to the prisoners of the cave, the humans trapped in the matrix (the cave) only see what the machines (the modern day puppet-handlers) want them to see. They are tricked into believing that what they hear in the cave and see before them is the true reality that exists. Furthermore, they accept wha t their senses are telling them and they believe that what they are experiencing is all that really exists--nothing more. However, neo is agonistic to face a painful truth when he is removed from the seedpod that has kept him trapped in the virtual reality of the matrix.Neo discovers that what he has been presented with his entire life is only reflections, or merely shadows of the truth. This theme is carried throughout the movie as we see ... ...yone to take them out of the cave. They would fight to conciliate in the cave because it is the only world they have ever kn induce and it is where they feel safe. In The Matrix, Cypher kills several people in his seek to go back to the matrix (the cave). Morpheus tells Neo the same thing in regard to the humans still plugged or trapped in the world of the matrix. You have to understand, most of these people are not deposit to be unplugged forced out of the matrix--the cave. And many of them are so inert, so dispiritedly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it. Societys reference In Our LivesIn conclusion, Platos story of the cave brings up many philosophical points and most importantly, addresses the issue of societys role in our lives. To some degree, we are all influenced by the thoughts and actions of others however, at the same time, we have the ability to question, draw our own conclusions, and ultimately make our own choices. As Trinity tell Neo, The Matrix can not tell you who you are. By being courageous bounteous to turn around and take the red pill, we, just like Neo and the Freed Man, are making the first step towards personal independence.