This is my working thesis statement: 
Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” is a powerful metaphorical story that explores the relationship between education, perception, and enlightenment.
These are the sources I have to use
Plato, “Republic, Book 7,” in PLATO IN TWELVE VOLUMES, trans. Paul Shorey, vol. 5 and 6, 12 vols. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1969), http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-eng1:1. 
Boucquey, Thierry. “Allegory.” Encyclopedia of World Writers, 14th through 18th Centuries, Facts On File, 2005. Bloom’s Literature, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=100535&itemid=WE54&articleId=44317. 
Ferguson, A. S. “Plato’s Simile of Light. Part II. The Allegory of the Cave (Continued).” The Classical Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, 1922, pp. 15–28. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/636164. Accessed 9 May 2024. 
Abbt, Christine. “The Captivated Gaze. Diderot’s Allegory of the Cave and Democracy.” 
CRITICAL HORIZONS, vol. 24, no. 4, Nov. 2023. 339-352. 
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Juge, Carole. “The Road to the Sun They Cannot See: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, Oblivion, and Guidance in Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road.’” The Cormac McCarthy Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, 2009, pp. 16–30. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/42909396. Accessed 10 May 2024.