Plato's Myth of The Cave

1. Choose a setting/reality that similar to this story.
     Confession of Shopaholic

2. In your opinion what do these object symbolizes:
    i)   The prisoners - Rebecca Bloomwood
    ii)  The chains - The debt
    iii)  The fire - The sale
    iv)  The shadows and the images - The feelings of having a lots of money where she can see the mannequin               calling for her to buy things. 
    v)   The puppet players - The credit card
    vi)  The old man - Miss Korch



3. Based on the setting/reality which you have selected, why do you think the prisoner hurt her eyes when she was first liberated?
   Because when she know the truth that she has a lots of debt, it hurts her.


4. In the context which you have selected, why do you think that the prisoner still insists that the images which she has seen before are much more real than statues?
   Because her addiction towards fashion and shopping spree.