Thinking Outside The Box

Plato used the cave and the prisoners to describe our limitations. The cave was a dark place that sheltered the minds of the prisoners. Even though the prisoners were able to see the shadows on the cave walls they were not able to experience the real thing and Plato said that a student must experience something to learn it they cannot just see it or hear about it. Sartre used the drawing box to limit the thoughts of the characters. Sartre physically limited the though process while Plato used metaphors to express the limitation of the prisoners.