Throughout the novel, there are references to light and darkness, which take on different meanings if they are understood either literally or figuratively. What does the light figuratively symbolize? What does the darkness figuratively symbolize? (Hint: think back to Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave.")

The darkness figuratively symbolizes ignorance

Explanation:

From the book, The Allegory of the Cave, the author used certain allegories to show the meaning of certain things.

Plato wrote The Allegory of the Cave to describe certain people who have lived their lives chained to a wall of a cave while staring at a blank wall.

It is described that it was likened to a philosopher who was freed from a cave and finds out that the shadows on the wall are imaginary.

Darkness from the book signifies ignorance.

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