Thinking Outside the Box

Plato's allegory is an extended metaphor in the sense that it is comparing hell to our society. We as people choose to stay with the status quo and do what we are told, how we are told, when we are told in order to get the best "grade" or "outcome". The problem with is that you treat all people the same and evaluate them all the same and nobody expresses any individuality. Sartre uses a more literal form of hell being the room and their close minded thinking led them to continuously torture each other for eternity however if they were to overcome their initial judgements of each other according to Garcin they could be redeemed."Hell is other people." This implies that our limitations are within other people. We allow other people to limit us. Unfortunately none of the characters were able to help each other escape hell because they couldn't overcome their own ignorance.  Sartre's version of hell was hell because it was very monotonous and the environment never changed. This was similar to Plato's in that the prisoner's never saw beyond the shadows. Both provide versions of hell but in the cave help comes from the outside and one is able to overcome hell and escape providing they had an open mind. In the room because there is no way out and you cannot close your eyes i believe once they overcome their own insecurity and can live with what they have done that will provide them with according to Plato a way out. This is what jail should be like leaving people to reflect on what they have done and torture their mind. However, inmates now are arguable better off then those without jobs.