Groundhogs Cave

When you look at the message that the cave is trying to portray, and compare it to the movie Groundhogs Day, you will see a series of similarities. Simply because at the beginning of the movie you see how Phil is a cocky, self-centered jerk that only thought of himself. Only to disregard what other people think or feel. But once the first day passed, Phil began to experience Déjà vu, but in a different way. It was not like a psychological experience but rather him experiencing it every day. At first he began to do what he wanted, and get what he wanted without consequence. Like the time when he drove drunk after drinking at a bowling alley. As he took off he began to drive reckless and run from the cops, because he knew that there would be no consequence for his actions. But as the days went by he only began to study people in more than many ways. He began to find out information about people so that the next day he would have something in common with them, only to be able to seduce them. Which is not a bad thing, I guess. But in a way it only shows that he is trying to fulfill all of his inner most desires, to make himself feel better about having to re-live the same day over and over. So it’s a way to try and escape the misery of having to wake up to the same song at six in the morning every day. One person that he really tries to study though is Rita his producer. When he spends the whole day with her only to find out what she likes, which he only uses it against her to make himself sound like a better man than what he really is. But Rita was no dummy, she could see past him every night as he always managed to say the wrong thing, only to suffer the consequence of being slapped every time. Just like in the Cave, although, you try so hard to get out of the darkness, if you don’t do it right then you will just get brought right back to the bottom. As it shows in the movie, when he finally gets so depressed that he kidnaps Groundhog “Phil” to only go to a cliff and drive off it, killing both of them. But he is not successful as he keeps waking up every day. This only shows that his pain will still be there until he decides to change his life and better himself. Like the saying goes, you must hit the bottom, before you can make it to the top.


So from that day forward Phil decided to change his perspective on this dark place and started to treat people with more respect. He started to give the homeless man all his money, bring coffee and pastries to Rita and Larry, ask people about their lives, change a tire for some old ladies when they got a flat, rescue a kid from falling off a tree, learns how to play the piano, and even tries to revive an old man from dying. He started to do so much that he began to think less of himself, but rather more of others. Finally everyone began to love him, where he ultimately starts to love himself. Once he discovers himself, then Rita begins to fall in love with him. Where he finally sees the light, to where he wakes up the next day next to Rita in bed. With Phil stating that “Anything different is good”, which is so true. Because if you look at it as being stuck in the cave which is dark place, like depression. Then it’s a process to get yourself out, but it’s doable. This ultimately builds you as a character to be able to withstand tough situations, and become a better person.

Stuck in a Dark Cave

Stuck in a Dark Cave

In Plato’s Cave there are many metaphors that get brought up. Like the main one being a cave. You could say that the cave represents many different parts of today’s society like we discussed in class. Like the government, media, culture, parents, religion, society, or even just yourself. But the worst cave to be in is within yourself. This could take forms in many different ways but the most common one is the form of depression. Many people go thru depression for several different reasons like losing a loved one to breaking up with someone.

One way that I am able to relate to this scenario is that when I broke up with my boyfriend it was the worst feeling in the world. Not because I felt like I lost the one person that I truly cared about and could see myself with for the rest of my life, but rather because I felt alone, with no one to turn to. It was a new chapter in my life because I moved out to San Francisco for school shortly after where I knew no one. So I did not have that comfort of opening up to someone that would comfort me. It was like being in a Cave where you don’t see the light but rather a complete darkness surrounding you. A place where nobody want to be. Feeling trapped in your mind with the constant question of you asking yourself, “How could I do something like that? Am I really a bad person?” but whatever it may be there always has to be a way out of the cave thru some type of hole. Though some holes might be tighter and more difficult to squeeze out of, there has to be a way to escape. Even if you are chained up you have to make that effort to get out of there and join society. It may take you weeks, months, or even years but the mission has to be done, so that you could survive and be happy. It took me several months to really get out of my slump, mainly because the transition was so hard.

It felt like Plato, like when he explained how he walked towards the light he suffered a sharp pain, and that the glare will distress him, plus he will be unable to see the realities of which his former state he had seen his shadow. Which it is like that because when you first try to walk towards that light it will be extremely difficult. As, you will go thru many obstacles but you have to keep at it, because your eyes will eventually adjust to the light and things will get better. So you must keep your head up and keep on trying because it is a battle in itself. For me it took me a year to finally be done with him for good because it was like I kept on seeing the bottom of the cave rather than the light ahead of it. So remember the light at the end of the tunnel is the best thing that you could see. Keep walking towards it as life will get better.

True Lies

True Lies

What is Truth? Is it really the whole truth? Some may say so, while others may think not. Truth is a form of how people see it in their own eyes to justify their beliefs in a way that they think is right. But is it really the truth? As it is said, “Beware of the half-truth. You may have gotten hold of the wrong half” by an unknown source. Which is true in many ways, You may think that what you have is the truth. But in fact it could be the total opposite. For instance, in today’s society there are many people who don’t know how to tell the truth but rather only know how to lie in a compulsive manner.



There is a man that I know that no matter what he does he could never tell you the complete truth, there always has to be some type of little twist to his story to make it seem more exciting. When in fact there does not need to be any sort of lying because no one cares if the truth is not intriguing. People grow more respect for an individual when one is truthful with one another, rather than lying out your teeth. When one tends to lie a lot then people begin to lose all respect for that person because they do not know if their word is ever valid anymore. So in that case being true with someone is one of the most important things. Not only for the sake of other people having trust in you, but for yourself as well.



When one lies they are only lying to others but in reality they are lying to themselves, therefor, one begins to question themselves in a way where they begin to feel bad. But also in a way that drives them crazy because like it is said by Mark Twain “if you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything” Which is so true because when you make up a lie then you have to remember what you said because although you might not remember it in a month from now the person that you told it to might. And if they catch you in a lie, then their trust for you begins to diminish.