While watching the movie “The Matrix,” it is natural to wonder whether the world we live in is real or not. Neo, the hero, learns that the world he lives in is not real thanks to Morpheus. In the future world, the computer governs humans, who, in turn, are born to grow up in an incubator. Additionally, human brain nerves are connected to computer networks, implying that humans cannot help but live in another incubator until they die, even if they cannot recognize that they are living in the incubator. Plato's cave allegory is analogous to the story found in "The Matrix." People live in a cave and watch their shadows reflected on the cave walls. They never realize they are in a cave. Plato's allegory of the cave assumes key words that drive the story, such as chained prisoners, a puppet manipulator, and a prisoner trying to find a light. These terms are comparable to John Updike's characters in his novel A&P and guide readers to the implications between the lines. Updike's A&P novel seems to say that love sucks, but with Plato's allegory applied, another hidden theme in his novel is revealed. Now, these key words of Plato and the characters of Updike's A&P will be compared and analyzed here to delve deeper into what the author implies in his novel. Plato's prisoners in the cave correspond to all these characters in the novel, trying to settle into reality. The prisoners in the cave allegory look ahead in a state of stillness, so they continue to live by looking at their own shadows, which are the reflections cast by the glow of a lit torch behind. Furthermore, they believe that shadows are reality. Without knowing that they are imprisoned in a cave, they live. Occasionally they see a light coming from the outside world, but they are in the middle of paper... in a new atmosphere without restrictions. Plato's allegory applies to A&P to draw a theme. The story of a foolish boy, who gives up everything for love despite knowing that his decision could prove to be a blow for the rest of his life, implies that we should go to a new world where we can grow further by breaking the frameworks of old thoughts and values ​​​​present in society according to which rules are anchored in everything. Moreover, like the statement that those who leave the cave for an ideal world outside and become enlightened should awaken those who remain inside the cave from their ignorance and make them see that there there is light outside the cave, I think the novel is probably suggesting that we should break the old values ​​and ways of thinking, come out to a new world and guide those who are still hiding in a dark cave of the ignorance like their headlights..