sed on true stories and take in every detail as reality. Yet, our reality is quite different from the actual reality of this world. The media has us chained and looking only at the images they want us to look at. No one protests this because we are comfortable here. The images that news, television shows, movies show us is this world is very violent so why would we want to venture outside to face it ourselves. We let the characters on our tv shows battle the evil space monsters as we watch it from the comforts of our living rooms. Some may find that the true reality falls short of our own made-up reality. Romantic movies always end with a And they lived happily ever after theme. In real life, relationships dont work out all the time. Romance may be having the kids baby-sat while you and your significant other go play bingo. Media also tells us how we are supposed to act and look like. Everyone in the cave is forced to look straight ahead. They cant look at one another and see how different shapes are. Girls look at magazines and see only beautiful, perfect, skinny super models. Society tells these girls they must look like this. We are forced and comfortable with looking straight ahead and having our opinions handed to us on the silver screen.To conclude, Plato may be long dead but his ideas still remain true about society today. People are still very much chained to each other as they were during his times. People are still afraid of facing the truth, although society always claims that we are so advanced and civilized. We cant escape the hold the media has on us and I am convinced most dont want to let go themselves. That would meaning coming up with individual opinions and letting go of prejudices. Yes, reality might be too much for society to take. ...
