"Allegory" help us understand media and media influence by understanding that what we are influence at a young age follows us threw are adult years . As children we do not think that what we are watching for entertainment and what kind of music we listen influence more then we realize . As a child you are not think about the type of entertainment your watch and the long term affects it going to have on you . Allegory talks about this as well he states that "part of the soul , if it had been hammered from childhood, and had thus been struck free of the leaden weight , so to speak." My interpretation of this is that your childhood influences have an impact on your values are . As well as i think that so many of us are not aware that everything we are given as entertainment is the organization advertisement . With that being said i think that Allegory helps media influence by knowing that what is being said people take the information and believe it , all of the times they do not go and do research on the information that is being given they just take it and run with it . I am not quick sure if Allegory helps us understand media , but i do think it help us understand the effect and the influence of media