While watching the film "Groundhog Day" I could start picking out parts in the movie that were easily related to Plato's "Allegory of the Cave". The day itself eventually became Phil's "cave" in which he was his own puppeteer because he had control of what he did and how he interacted with people and if he didn't like how something went he would do it differently the next day. Phil even tries to communicate with Rita that he is reliving Groundhog Day, but she doesn't believe him, much like the other characters in Plato's allegory not being able to understand the released character.
The reason for Phil becoming trapped in the same day over and over again could be because he has internal issues to resolve. Phil is an individual that leads a life of pleasing himself and only himself, but as he comes to realize by interacting differently towards other people he's able to not only change their life and mood, but they're able to change his. After Phil's attempts to take advantage of not having any consequences to his actions because the next day would be another chance to do it again, he begins to realize that this single day needs to have meaning. The fact that Phil is conscious in his "cave" gives me the idea that we are sometimes in control of our "cave". In my past blog about my anxiety being my own "cave", I came to realize that I also had control over it, much like Phil has control over how and what happens on Groundhog Day.
After committing himself to learn and change himself as a person, Phil is eventually able to escape or become released from Groundhog day. Phil was completely aware of what he was doing and the way he interacted with people was the path towards being released. He had control over his own actions, which leads me to think that people can be actively involved in working towards their freedom or release when they also are trapped in a "cave".
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