The important thing for allegory of the cave is that the big difference between a man who saw the truely real thing with his eye out of the cave and men who are in the cave and believed that the shadow they saw was truely real thing.
It is written that the man who went out of the cave would go through any sufferings rather than share prisoner's beliefs and live as they do. In addition, if the man went back down into the cave, his eyes would be filled with darkness coming suddenly from the place filled with light. And then, the prisoners would laugh at the man because he could not see anything in the cave though the prisoners could see clearly.
It suggests it will take time to need flexibility to become comfortable with the environment. However, it will not be easy. And it will not be possible to share thoughts between the man and the prisoners.
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