Plato's cave is an allegory used by the Greek philosopher Plato. It is a written and fictional dialogue. Plato describes a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives. When we are talking about a fiction, it is not easy to think about being chained unless we could think hundred of years ago when it was common for prisoners to be chained. I had an experience years ago, when I was working as a bartender in the night shift until four o clock in the morning. I used to wear a dress as a uniform, and by the time my shift ended everybody used to go to the restrooms in order to be changed with their regular clothes. I was never going to forget my scary and terrible experience. I remember having opened the bathroom door to change into my regular clothes and there was silence, no noises at all.When I left the bathroom to go to exit the main entrance, the door was locked and chained. While I was taking my own time to get dressed, one of the managers forgot that someone was still inside the place, so I was still inside. I was nervous, scared, worried and sad thinking about what I could do. I started to yell very loud in order for someone to hear from me, and I also prayed to God asking to please to help me to get out from my work place. At that time I said to myself that God heard from me and answered my prayer. There was someone who heard my voice while I was yelling loud. The good news was that one of the other managers was sleeping in the basement. I explained to him that I was locked inside. And he opened the door for me and I left the place to get home safe. It was a real story having been chained and locked inside my work place. That is an experience that I would never ever forget. I would say that I used every necessary tools in order to save my life and having learned a good lesson with this terrible experience.
Even though this was a real experience, I wish it was a dream but It was not. I would have prefer that it was not real, because I do not want to remember this part of my life ever again. It scared me to be locked inside in a dark place just by myself. I made sure that in the future I would never be locked in again anywhere. When I came out from my work place I felt free, like the prisoner that came out from the darkness into the light. I felt liberated from my prison chains. I went back home happy and satisfied that nothing bad happened to me.
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