If you have never read “The Allegory of the Cave,” read it. I read it, and I still am intrigued. Instead of being bored by the long, assigned reading passage, I read it as if my mind was being fed its favorite dessert.
At a glimpse, it says that nothing is truly real. It intrigues me. In a quick recap, the people of the cave are stuck there, or prisoners. they only know what they have been taught to know, so when someone escapes and sees the extent of the rest of the real world, they are doubted, and considered crazy. It didn’t seem like much until I thought about it deeper.
Ever since I was little, I would have moments where I considered whether my life was real or if I was simply living in someone else’s mind or a TV show or franchise. Obviously, I don’t, but there always seems to be so much left unanswered that it seems it could be possible. Sometimes I feel like I haven’t had a big enough catastrophic event in my life or an arc to my storyline, and it scares me; what may be coming for the future?
Deja Vu: what is it? Why can I predict what is going to be said as it is, and know exactly how to answer? Why does it feel so spooky, and confusing? Some say it’s from dreams, or even nothing more than just your brain making things up. It doesn’t seem that simple though. It is such a terrible yet thrilling experience that I wish I knew the purpose of.
Why does space have no end? I try to explain that it must be like a sphere, so if I were to go straight forever I would end up in the same spot. But even if that is the case, a sphere has to be somewhere. Where is the sphere of space? I tend to picture it as a globe of the universe against a white paper. I wish we could just explore until space does end.
The biggest thing is memories. I understand that a person can’t remember everything, but what does that mean for all the forgotten memories? How can I have done things and simply not remember a thing about it? It opens doors for so many things that may have happened but we all have simply no recollection.
Our project was to describe why real life isn’t real. We related it to The Truman Show and “The Allegory of the Cave,” and how they show there really isn’t such thing as real life. How can anyone tell what is real if we don’t know or remember what the world of possibilities could be?
Real life is more perspective than truth. One may believe in aliens and claim to have seen one, and that is real life for them, but someone else may have never seen one, and that’s not their real life. Who knows what is true, but each individual has their own experiences. We can be taught one thing and never know anything better, so we continue with that belief our entire life. “Real life” honestly is each person’s individual perspective on life, so there is no truth or basis. Real life may just be the basic things in life like water, air, and food.
For all I know, my life may be recorded and watched on a daily basis, and I would have no idea. I, and all of us just trust that everything around us is real.
