Thinking Outside the Box

The theme of how individuals must over come their ignorance in order to achieve a deeper truth or understanding is a common ideal shared by both Plato and Sartre. Each author has a different way of portraying it through their dialogue. For example, Sartre used actions to create imagery within his piece while Plato developed his story through the questions going on between each of the characters. Now, these two authors have their differences in points of views such as Plato believes that its up to the individual to make the choice in order to obtain knowledge while Sartre believes that individuals learn through being tortured or being around others.