The Allegory of The Cave

Today in class we read the Allegory of The Cave. I think that the allegory to modern life was that change is scary for some people. The actual story was about these prisoners that were shackled in a cave. Their hands, feet, and heads were shackled so they couldn't move. They were sitting behind a wall that that was really tall and forced to face towards another wall for the rest of their lives. There was a campfire type thing on the other side of the wall (behind them) so all they saw were the shadows from that fire. Other people who weren't chained up would walk on the pathway, which was behind them, carrying tall artifacts. The wall covered up the people carrying the artifacts, but the prisoners could see the statues' shadows and hear echoed voices. They thought that these shadows were the undead. One day, one of the prisoners was dragged out of the cave and into the light. He couldn't see at first because his eyes were so accustomed to the dark. Eventually, he was able to look around and see the world and even look at the sun. He was too afraid of the change in his lifestyle that he went back to the cave where all of the prisoners were still there. They decided to kill the person who tried to save one of them because they didn't want to change. They thought that whoever did this ruined the one prisoner's life because it will take a long time for his eyes to get readjusted to the darkness. The prisoners don't want this to happen again that's why they decide to kill their "savior." They were afraid to change.