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Not only in Plato, The Allegory of the Cave but also in the Hollywood film
The Matrix, two realities are clearly stated, where one is considered true and the other is fictitious. This argument
depends on how society determines the truth, and how different points of view interact. In The Allegory of the Cave,
a story is told by a dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon. This story involves a “chained prisoner” inside a
cave who thinks that the images projected on the wall in front are all true, reflecting the basis and ethics of like. In the
other hand, the film The Matrix displays a computer-simulated reality world, where the main character Neo fights to
obtain the truth of what the Matrix really is.
As mentioned earlier, there are different ways on how society might determine the truth. The Allegory
of the Cave might reflect the real truth in our world which involve the problems and ethics in the society surrounding
us. In The Matrix, a “fictional truth” is displayed, where realism is present in a computer, or in another
dimension, keeping your body and memories exactly the same.
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