Blog 5; Summerizing what the allegory stands for?

              In Plato's "The Allegory of the cave." Socrates tells a story in which his student Glaucon to explain the importance of exploring your boundaries.Socrates tells the story to his student Glaucon about a group of prisoners who have lived their lives uneducated chained up so "they cannot move and they only see before them" in a cave. Behind the prisoners is a fire which lightens up the cave.It was obvious that the student clearly understood him. Socrates continued with his story, and a road in between All the men see shadows of people doing different tasks; some talking others carrying items. 
           To my understanding Glaucon questions in his own mind why Socrates has shown him this strange picture of the live and moving world.Socrates then goes on saying "like ourselves", which bafels the student but quickly agrees with his teacher, still wondering how can they see their shadows if they cant move their heads because of the chains around their necks. Althought, Glaucon believes almost everything Socrates tells him, it leaves one wondering to why someone could have such an imagination to express this horrendous time that they are going thought.
            He makes the reader and his student realize that what he is saying is that everything has a life cycle,when people pass by you hear their voice and if you think about it, when the prisoners or if they are possibly released would they ever stop being beaten of their wrong doings. Socrates keeps on explaining the things that would happen to the person when they get out of this dungeon of hell that is so dark and full of death. Their eyes would suddenly suffer very sharp pains and possibly go blind or not be able to see for a long time. The individual would most likely have flash backs of the past life he lived.