After reading Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave" and Paulo Freire's "The Banking Concept of Education; I had noticed several common connections that linked both authors and stories together. Most notably for me, the connection that Plato and Freire both share is, wanting us to think "outside of the box".
             Plato and Freire take themselves out of their environment, taking a third person point of view on how most of us stay within a "daily grind". Very much like our country, both writers lived through governments that blind folded their constituents at such an early age that understanding the truth probably was not imaginable. These writers saw past what was put in front of them and looked for more. They both looked for how and why.
             Plato tries to explain to us that there is more out there for us to realize and understand. What we are used to and what we except as truth, may not be as concrete as we think. There is always more to know and understand, we might not understand it or see it at first; but with maturity and wisdom it will become more apparent. I notice this more about myself everyday.
             Quite often I look back on the last twenty-five years of my life and sometimes wonder "Why am I me?" I look back at my past and remember all of the events in my life as they had unfolded and sometimes it's obvious. Why didn't I understand it before? I didn't care to. I didn't think about what happened, I dealt with it and let life take its course. Plato did not. Plato understood and was aware of what was going on around him. He stepped out of himself, taking a third person point of view and looked outside of the square and saw the answer.
             Freire was also very aware. He believed that being filled with knowledge through the "Banking" method was wasteful and dehumanizing. Learning by interaction and communication will better help stude
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