Comparison of the Matrix and Plato's Allegory of the Cave Comparison of the Matrix and Plato's Allegory of the Cave         The following essay is based on the comparison between the Allegory of the Cave written by Plato and the movie the Matrix produced by Joel Silver. Both stories, the Allegory of the Cave and the Matrix, illustrate the difference between what is fantasy and what is real. The Allegory of the Cave tells a story …showed first 75 words of 1609 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1609 total…of scenario and thinking that ended with a lesson to the reader, the Matrix and believing or seeing beyond the obvious is our true reality. From our early days we absorb images of happiness through our senses; therefore, we are plugged into false ideas that we believe is real and then we are used like a battery. Works Cited Plato, Allegory of the Cave, Mountain View, California, Mayfield Publishing Company, 2001 Wachowski, Andy and Larry. Matrix. 1999.