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Compare And Contrast Nothing But The Truth And The Allegory Of The Cave

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One’s perception might not be the truth and one’s perception might not be reality, but Avi’s novel “Nothing But The Truth” and Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave”display the difference between truth,perception and reality. The texts interestingly approached the ideas similarly. In the “Allegory of the Cave” written by Plato a liberated prisoner was once trapped in a cave since birth. The darkness and shadows were all the prisoner once knew until liberated. Afterwards he could now see things for what they are instead of what they were. The author wrote “He can begin to take in things outside the cave, bathed as they are in the light of the sun,” this means that he can now see the reality of the shadows instead of his perception. The author also wrote “If they could talk about the shadows and discuss them, they’d regard the shadows on the wall as real things,” this shows that they never really knew the truth, just their perception. …show more content…

He had his teacher blackballed by people across the U.S because of a lie he told which created an abundance of controversy. The truth was expressed when they found out that Phillip truly hated Miss Narwin and not the other way around, the author wrote “Indeed there is evidence that Phillip Malloy’s acts were indicative of some personal animosity he feels towards the homeroom teacher Miss Narwin.” In reality Phillip didn’t really know the “Star Spangled Banner” the author wrote “In fact we usually begin by singing the national anthem. Maybe you’d like to lead us in that? Phillip? Phillip, what's the matter? Why are you crying? I don’t know the

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