Plato 2

Question 1

Where are the people in the story?

Answer 1

Inside a dark cave.

Question 2

What do they see on the wall?

Answer 2

Shadows.

Question 3

Why do they think the shadows are real?

Answer 3

Because they have never seen anything else.

Question 4

What happens when one person is let free?

Answer 4

They see the fire and the real world outside the cave.

Question 5

What does the sunlight stand for in the story?

Answer 5

Understanding or learning the truth.

Question 6

Why don’t the others want to leave the cave?

Answer 6

They are scared and used to what they already know.