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...truggle to take him back to the benches in the world of guesswork. When the prisoner is seated back in guesswork, he explains of his findings to the other prisoners that remained on the benches during his voyage. We find that after he explains of his new findings and theories, he is classified as insane by the rest of the prisoners. The other prisoners do not believe him, due to that they have not experienced it for themselves. The question of who the real insane and ignorant man is, now remains. Through the eyes of the prisoner-philosopher, it is the other prisoners that are insane and ignorant. Why? It is because the prisoners are taking “falsehood for truth” (Chekhov, 375). They fail to believe that there is actually more to the world besides mere shadows upon a cave wall. Yet, the other prisoners probably classified the prisoner-philosopher as insane, due to him jabber of concepts that they have never heard of within their lifetime on the bench. Clearly, ignorance and insanity play a critical part of the voyage through the cave. The voyage of the young lawyer versus the journey of the prisoner-philosopher are very similar. Within the first year of the lawyer’s imprisonment he does not accept any fine wines or tabacco, and finds entertainment by playing...