A freed prisoner from the Allegory of the Cave would respond to
something such as being persuaded to purchase a product from the shopping mall
in a positive way. They could ponder on the fact they could use this product. It
is always good to keep an open mind no matter what. Even if you’re sure you do
not need it always weigh out the pro and the cons of whatever it is you may be purchasing.
A character from the story No Exit that
would react differently to a situation like this would have to be Garcin.
Everyone has a different way of
reacting to something no matter what it may be. While reading the Allegory of
the Cave I noticed they don’t have an open mind until they became free. Now,
about the shopping mall a freed prisoner now has a better sense of reality than
that of the prisoners. Freed prisoners if were persuaded to purchase something
they would most likely not walk away from something because they do not like
the price or something along that sense.
Garcin would not react the same way
a freed prisoner. He was not very happy with the way everything was working out
in No Exit. Garcin would not react
with much excitement to something like a shopping mall. He probably would not
like the idea of being told to like it or being told a sales pitch. Most people
do not like being bothered or told “let me show you this new product”. Garcin
will most likely walk away.
These two characters seem to be the
most opposite in a scenario like this. A freed prisoner has a better sense of
reality instead of being close-minded. Someone like Garcin would most likely be
annoyed at the fact they are told to buy something over and over again. Garcin
would get irritated a lot and that relates to a lot of the people in the world.
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