The Cave and Bart

An allegory is simply a fictional story intended to tell a truth. Long ago a now famous teacher told a story about a cave. The characters described in this cave had given up on seeking the truth or understanding the ideal. The cave dwellers became their own prisoners as they preferred seeing shadows rather than seeking God.

Bart joins in the retelling of Plato's Allegory of the Cave. With vivid imagery and simple explanations these pages can delight both young and old. Perhaps you and you children can be motivated by this story now 2400 years old.