Summary on "Plato's Cave and The matrix"

In the article, “Plato’s Cave and The Matrix” by John Partridge, we see that both works have many similarities. The central theme of both works revolves around Socratic philosophy that a student can only learn something when they are prepared to make discoveries on their own. Partridge expresses that in both works there is a separation between physical reality and intelligible reality. They both emphasis on the belief of different realms and to be able to understand everything, one must have self knowledge.
The article talks a lot about how our mind doesn’t capture the real image of certain objects. We must look deeper then what the naked eye can see. Everything has a much deeper significance and it is up to us if we choose to look deeper or not.
“Plato’s Cave” centralized on,“the good-itself,” and how the people in the cave only saw the shadows of the chair, but to them they were actually seeing the chair. They didn’t know the difference because that’s all they knew. They didn’t see the shadows as shadows until Socrates finally stepped out of the cave and saw the actual chair. Partridge states that knowing the “good” makes people wise.
Much like in, “The Cave,” The Matrix also focuses on the fact that reality isn’t what it seems to be. Neo gets the opportunity to find the truth. Neo becomes more and more powerful as his self-knowledge grew but he first had to understand the truths in him and about him and believe in himself before he could perform any of his capabilities.
John Partridge expresses the similarities between “Plato’s Cave” and The Matrix. He breaks down the theme of both works and demonstrates why they are so related. They both have the same message that reality is not always what it seems to be. We must look past what we can see with the naked eye to actually capture the real meaning of things and to better understand things.