... and look towards the light, he will suffer sharp pains; the glare will distress him, and he will be unable to see the realities" (The Search for Knowledge 95). The prisoner believes that his world, which consisted of shadows, was his reality and that the reality society lives in is only an illusion. This puts in perspective the concept of illusion ... ...

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