The "Allegory of the Cave" by Plato represents an extended metaphor that is to contrast the way in which we perceive and believe in what is reality. The thesis behind his allegory is the basic tenets that all we perceive are imperfect "reflections" of the ultimate forms, which subsequently represent truth and reality. When thinking about how this could connect back to college and the way our lives are run every day it seems like a perfect match to the story. Are we as students the prisoners and everyone else surrounding us the puppeteers?
