Thinking Outside the Box

In Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" and in Sartre's "No Exit" they explain the limitations of the human mind. They have different ways of showing it, but both demonstrate that being closed-minded can limit you in ways you don't realize. (Because you're closed-minded)

In Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" he decribes people being chained up in a cave. He compares those people to people in his own culture. They are close minded, but it's not their fault because they don't know any better. They don't know whats out there. I think the only solution to this is to spread the word that there is always more out there that we don't know of.

In Sartre's "No Exit" there are 3 people in there own little hell together. They realize they're dead. but they lie to eachother as to why they are in hell. We are limited to what we know about other people because other people aren't always honest. The hell they are in doesn't cause physical pain and torture, just mental. The only solution is to open up their minds and be honest with eachother.

In both stories, their inability to think outside the box and get away from personal limitations keeps them trapped in there own ways. In order for them to be free from these limitations they must realize and accept their flaws, (No Exit) or think outside the box and expand your mind to what else is out there. (Allegory of the Cave)