Thinking Outside the Box

First of all Plato's allegory shows limitation in our society. We as people choose to stay with the status quo and what is already set out for us. This can be changed though if people change their mind set. It's a choice to stick with what people tell us to do or we can discover a new life on our own with no plan. Of course it's harder that way having no one telling you specifically what to do, but it helps to learn different things that you're limited to when set in a plan. Sartre on the other hand limits in a way that allows your mind to be driven crazy by others. "Hell is other people." This implies that our limitations are within other people. We allow other people to limit us. For example Garcin won't leave or feel okay until someone else confirms to him that he is not a coward and this drives him crazy. This can be changed though as well if we think as confident human beings. If we are confident in ourselves first and except all of our flaws then what other people say about you won't matter and torture you so badly.