Oblivious to Reality

Oblivious to Reality

  • Submitted By: DarkCoffin
  • Date Submitted: 11/18/2008 7:11 PM
  • Category: English
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A world without light is one oblivious to reality. Whether it is the tale of the Raven, or even the creation written in the Bible, stories like these all show light as a sort of greater power. One can clearly understand that the world needs light just by looking around. To see the trees, people, colors, or even to get to their destinations, it is a necessity. The Raven seeks to find this light in order to stop his aimless wandering in darkness. While, on the other hand, Genesis explains that the creation of the world began with light. As “God said, ‘Let there be light,’… there was light” (Genesis 1:3-4). It is conclusive that God saw this light as the most important source for life. Without it, the remaining five days of creation would be seen as meaningless. What would be the point for there to be water or living things when there is nothing to see? A story of the start of life generally seems to follow this topic of light. Because, ultimately, without the creation of light in the world, all things people perceive would vanish, and darkness would shroud the truth.
Plato, likewise, tells a parable of a group of prisoners trapped in a dark cave from birth. With nothing to see aside from shadows casted along a wall by a fire, and their bodies bound so they are only able to look straight ahead, this wall is their definition of the real world. They are clearly blinded from the truth that remains outside of the cave. However, if they do not know what is truly out there, then these flickering shadows surely suffice for their views. But if one of the prisoners is freed, he can now see the true source of the moving shadows, and what is creating them. He realizes that the cave, in fact, presents a false sense of life, and sees for himself that there is much more to the world then what is seen at first glance. “And if one were to drag him thence by force up the… path, and did not let him go before he was dragged into the sunlight, would he not be… angry as he was dragged...

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