Resurrected From Plato's Cave

In Plato's cave, our protagonist sees only the shadows on the back wall and believes that to be the entirety of all existence, unable to see the great wide world of color and motion that is happening all around him. That is Jack's existence as he struggles with his childhood of abuse and violence at the hands of a sadistic father. For years he believes that his reality is all there can be. Then with the support of a high school coach mentor he begins to see a somewhat wider reality. Seeing ...