What is 'real'?

In class today we debated an ancient question- is the world as we experience it 'real'? In a related question that drives Chris McCandless- is the natural world real and different from the human world? Is it better? From Inception to The Matrix and originally in Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" we have wondered about the reliability of our senses and the nature of the world outside. This still shot from the claymation version of the allegory shows how Plato views our position, and suggests his view of our 'reality'. 

 Here's an explanation that goes further than we will in class on Monday. As you try out some video triptych scenes this weekend, think about how you face the same questions Alex/Chris does in the story. And please read to page 116 for Monday. We will read and discuss Plato on Monday.