humanity. The cave itself represents ignorance, to which
mankind is chained. We are all born into this state of
inexperience, similar to the prisoners who are unaware of
their own limited perspective. They sit chained to this wall
searching for the truth, yet they only acquire the shadow of
Most people do not want to believe what is true. They
are secure being chained to the wall of ignorance. When
one's eyes are forced away from what is counterfactual and
are brought into the light, he does not want to believe what
Some common words found in the essay are: Allegory Cave, chained wall, chained wall ignorance, allegory cave, surface enlightened, wall ignorance, chains ignorance, Approximate Word count = 414 Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)