I watched M Night Shyamalan's The Village when I was in sixth grade thinking that it would be a typical horror movie about scary creatures that haunt helpless individuals. At the time I wasn’t aware that the director was Shyamalan and that he was known for his mind boggling plot twists. With all of that said, I was thoroughly shocked when I discovered the truth about this small quasi 19th century town in Pennsylvania. Dissatisfied with the evil and corruption prevailing in the modern world, a group of individuals decided to create their own self sufficient town and live simpler lives like those of the 19th century. The village actually exists in the 21st century and the elders allow no man to go beyond the woods where they would discover the truth about the world.
A few years ago when I read Plato’s Allegory of the cave, I noticed a lot of parallels between the two stories. The citizens of the village are essentially shackled like the humans in the cave. The villagers and the cave dwellers are unaware of their true reality. This idea has forced me to question my own perceived reality and ask the question: Is there something that is even more real and true than what I can currently perceive?
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