Thinking Outside the Box

There is a limitation to people's thinking, but it isn't a natural born limit. It's due to the humans themselves who make themselves limited. Nothing holds us back more than ourselves. No one can just fish around in our heads, that's impossible, but we don't have any boundaries to our minds, yet Plato places those prisoners in the cave as if they were created there, but none of them have a reason to not be in the cave. Sartre, however, describes the setting and whatnot through usage of the characters (Garcin, Valet, Inez and Estelle). The cave dwellers made the choice to be dull in their minds, not think and try to entertain themselves with shadows and puppets. "The Exit", on the other hand, had it's characters ponder in their thoughts of the situation and try to vacate the room. Quite symbolic, and everything was in thirds. Three people in the room, three corners to this room and the presence of some odd bronze statue. "Allegory of the Cave" wasn't just a story, but more like a reflection, a mirror to how we think and analyze, and how it affects our actions and decisions. We can mold our own imprisonment in our minds of thinking or refusing to think. An example would be a hidebound person.