The Allegory of the Cave is a philosophical writing in the form of an artistic allegory. The main idea of ​​this story is realism. Additionally, Plato wants to explain to us why we make mistakes and how we can misunderstand what life is. Socrates said: “Show me to what extent our nature is enlightened or not. » There are two ways to understand this story. First, Plato wanted to show that we might not understand true reality, as Socrates said: "Human beings live in an underground den, which has a mouth open to the light and which extends all the way through the den." , for example, we can say that we are not enlightened, and when someone understands new things, we do not believe them and only see lies, like in short stories: "Men passing the along the wall carrying all kinds of objects, and statues, and statues of wood, stone and various materials, which appear above the wall. Plato wanted to explain that our things in life could be nothing but that. shadows, which we believe and that it is all in the mind. Secondly, many people think that Plato wrote about our growing up When the prisoners were in chains, it was childhood. People are young, they don't know what life and problems are, they only see shadows, only lies. Then, when the prisoners left the cave, he realized that his life before had been unreal, and that this part of history could be linked to today. For example, when adulthood begins, people want to go back, but that can't be the case, people are not able to go back in time. After analyzing this text, we must understand that everything it usually says may not be true, because we have remembered many things. great historical figures whose actions were illegal. However, this could not prevent their gaze towards the shadows, as towards what he can see clearly and hold as real? And if someone dragged such a man upwards, out of the cave: would not the man be angry with the one who did this to him? And if he were dragged to the sun, wouldn't he be distressed and unable to see "even one of the things now said to be true" because he was blinded by the light? However, after some time on the surface, the released prisoner acclimatized. He would see more and more things around him, until he could observe the Sun. He would understand that the Sun is "the source of seasons and years, and is the steward of all things in the visible place, and is in some way the cause of all those things which he and his companions had seen." In all, Plato believed that only enlightened people can rule in a perfect city, only those who know the truth.!