How can u relate the themes of "Allegory of the Cave" to your own modern life today?

Question

I'm very curious of what people might respond because many people have different lives.

Answer 1

There was a situation that lasted for me for about two years but I have come out of the darkness about another person that I thought highly of :)))))))))))

No matter what my friends, family or loved ones told me I did not want to see beyond the shadows of reality that I created in my own cave of life no matter what others said to me.........................bottom line I DID NOT WANT TO FACE THE TRUTH OF THE SITUATION AND THE REALITY OF IT..........IN THE END IT HURT ME MORE FOR NOT ACCEPTING THE TRUTH........BUT THANK GOD WITH GOD JESUS ON MY SIDE AND THE LOVE OF THE ANGELS WATCHING OVER ME AND MY ENDURANCE TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE I CONQUERED THE DARKNESS WITH GOD AND PRAYER AND MEDIATATION & LOVE ......................................

THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTION.........

Answer 2

i would say for me it relates to a recent work situation

while in the past i may of lived in the shadows of being a mature woman, and i think i grew up in a fairly critical, not accepting differences environment, i had progressed to seeing the reality of what i think is the way to live "you dont build yourself up by putting others down" "you dont find yourself, you create yourself" " there is no need to have to feel better then others in order to feel good about yourself " ,"disputes can be resolved in a civil manner" etc.

i then found myself in a new job, one i was recruited for, one which several others from my former job had also gone to.

changes where happening at the new workplace, i was the last to be hired when major changes took place, i was a different race then most, and many had out right anger, critizism, and borderline hate for me! i had a choice to make, continue on as my evolved self, or go back into what i think of as "gutter level" interactions, i tried being myself for awhile, it wasnt working, so then i dropped down a little, had a few hissy fits ( i didnt use their tactics of a group ganging up on one person using little barbs-but used my own-of telling one or the whole group to "blank off you blanking idiots", directed specific critisism towards some of them, whined and moaned to my supervisor etc, it did work! now my co-workers and I relate (at least on the surface) much better, and in general the whole atmosphere is more professional and polite, did my regressing bring them into the light? i wont take that total credit, but since they had these type problems before i went to work there, and it got worse towards me, and now its better, i think i helped!

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