The Cave In The Allegory Analysis

The cave in the allegory basically represents believers of empirical knowledge. As a child, I was easily susceptible to this form of knowledge. I was known as “the quiet one” or the girl that always keeps to herself. The biggest cause of this is the way I have been brought up. Growing up as an only child and a female in a Guyanese household to immigrant parents, I have been taught ways of life that are very contrasting to the ways of life that are taught in Canada. The society where my parents came from is very conservative and teach ways of life that are extremely different than the social norms that are upheld in Canada. As a child, I was not allowed to attend my friend’s birthday parties or even walk to school alone even though it was less