Note to the reader: Again these are just rough, starting points. Hope it's a good start :-)

Myth of metals could be transformed to speak more clearly to an audience of my peers and contemporaries by doing the following:

Use more everyday language. Another thing that I think would simplify myth of metals for my peers is to get rid of the conversation that is weaved throughout the explanation of the myth of metals. I realize that it would lose a very important “Plato” characteristic, but the ideas of the conversation could always be weaved into the actual “performance” in whatever shape or form it might result in.

More importantly though, a broader more contemporary idea that might more easily speak to my peers is, as was suggested by my English teacher, Amy, is to contemplate how a school for kindergarteners or any other grade, really, might look on this model that is presented by Plato. In that case, though, a lot of questions arise: Would the students be divided into their respective metal or would they learn to interact and respect/value each other at school, as is one of the ultimate goals of Plato’s proposal? Would the students all have the same education? Or would those of gold versus those of bronze have two different values taught to them about their role in society from a very young age? I guess my aim at really considering this is to focus on education and the role it would play or not play in such a society. The people would have to be ignorant to a certain extent to willingly accept this role that was delegated to them from the moment they were born.