Watching the movie in class today and the allegory of the cave.

     Today we finally finished watching Greece the Crucible of Civilization and then we discussed the allegory of the cave which was made by Plato. In the movie we saw things about Socrates. We saw that he was ugly but was very smart and thought outside the box so to speak. He questioned the government which got him in trouble. He also questioned the Gods and got others to think like this. He eventually got put to death for this but accepted his fate like a true hero. Platos allegory of the cave basically says that people are taught what the world is like from a young age by the government, TV, and your parents. We believe this and this is all we know until we go into the real world. Once we go out we discover what the real world is like or what times are like now. If we try to tell our friends or family that havent seen the real world yet they won't believe us. This basically says people believe what they see and might not know anything else in the world except what they are told. I will be gone from school tomorrow so I will miss class.