Allegory Of The Cave and The Matrix

Allegory of the Cave is the basic idea of what we speak of in class.
The matrix is a more extended subliminal message within a movie. These two works teaches us, or hopefully wakes us up from World Domination. Even though there’s no escape from this tragedy, we can make the slightest difference from actually knowing what’s up in the world and how world domination works. The matrix uses machines as an example for methods to blind humans and live there life’s. This is a perfect example for modern day world, because what we mostly rely on is Technology, to prove this, we can look into the alternative controversial cause about the Iraqi war that is taking place now. Our machines need oil to be supported with, and the Arab lands are rich with that. Therefore, for us to move on with our life’s we take resources from other sources, the same way the matrix took the humans energy, for lacking solar energy. This has been happening in the real world for centuries and it’s usually the “””3rd””” world countries that have been harmed by this silenced conquest. Outside of the matrix, where neo is a real human, his surroundings are filled with poverty because of the matrix, the same way other countries are affected by another stronger country. 3 Well known examples of what im speaking of can be the Blood Diamonds in Africa, South American farms taken over by foreign Caucasian man making vast indigenous emigrate to the city’s or other countries to find a better life, and one that im most pissed off at is The Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty.. when Mexico’s best state’s of survival were taken away with short torture, and no alternative but to actually sign the treaty, and take the money. This we know in America as Manifest Destiny.

The Allegory of the cave implies the same situation, only in more simpler terms, using the sun to blind citizens, instead of machines like The Matrix that makes life for humans simpler. The sun keep’s citizens happy by showing them shadows that they have to identify quickly as a game. This they consider a game with huge pride over those who play the game very good by identifying the shapes fast and those who play poorly are criticized and ignored. Like in the business world in modern day, human beings are so concerned with succeeding and criticize those who don’t make it into living off a successful career. An interpretation is also told if a prisoner in the cave is released, to see the roots of these shadows and where they come from, in order for him to find out that it has all been a lie, and that the people he spent time with in the cave, have been lied to by living off the puppets shadows, the same way we live off with what the government provides us with. When the released prisoner sees the sun, he realizes the intentions and how everything works to keep the slaves from retaliating. Unfortunately, we will never see “The Sun” for the fact that, every one is so content with the shadows, even though some people from across the world have suffered from “The Sun’s” Lack of Knowledge.