truth is where they are because they haven’t seen anything else. Similarly‚ in the Matrix‚ the same thing happened with Neo. He tried to fight Morpheus and do the thing he did but he couldn’t because he didn’t believe in himself because he hasn’t seen the truth and when he see’s what the truth is and believes in himself he will be able to do what Morpheus does. Particularly because he hasn’t been in “reality” long enough. On the same token‚ the two texts are similar because both Neo and the Prisoner
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Composition I 3 October 2012 The Matrix and the Allegory of the Cave What if one were living through life completely bound and facing a reality that doesn’t even exist? The prisoners in Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave" are blind from true reality as well as the people in the movie The Matrix. They are given false images and they accept what their senses are telling them. They believe what they are experiencing is not all that really exists. Plato‚ the ancient Greek philosopher wrote "The Allegory
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defines what humans see as reality. It shows that what we see‚ we know to be true. Plato wanted his apprentice to consider the option‚ that maybe what we know to be true is in fact a lie. The Matrix also relays this concept to the modern day world. Morpheus states‚ “The Matrix is a computer generated dreamworld.” This Dream-world is much like the shadow images that the prisoners in Plato’s cave experienced. The People in both believed the deception that veiled them from the truth to be real. When in
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1. My experience in the Matrix is similar to your Allegory of the Cave in the sense that it has taught me how to perceive my reality and to differentiate between what is real and what is not. Your allegory talks about prisoners being trapped in a cave‚ restricted by chains with their backs towards the exit‚ only being able to see shadows produced by a source of fire. This means that the shadows are the only thing they know‚ which is their reality. Once someone is able to breakthrough and find
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Throughout literature many books and movies have a hero quest. In the hero quest there are eight steps. The first being The Call; The Call invites the initiates to adventure‚ offering them the chance to face the unknown and gain something of physical or spiritual value. Sometimes initiates refuse The Call‚ but that can have dire consequences. The Matrix is an example of the hero quest. Neo is the main character of Matrix his name means‚ “The One‚” in greek. During the Matrix The Call begins in
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Neo is not an ordinary human in fact he is the complete opposite. “Neo” aka Thomas A Anderson has developed a deep interest in something called “The Matrix.” The Matrix is described by “Morpheus as a vague notion.” Neo then began to start to feel as if “There is something wrong with the world.”("Neo (The Matrix) - Character Background." Neo (The Matrix) - Character Background. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 08 Sept. 2016.”) Receiving a phone call by Agent Smith then begins his intense journey throughout the 21st
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shown as a dystopia; the people of the city are forced to hide underground because the agents will catch them. The agents were not humans‚ they were robots who would catch people and kill them. Morpheus was the only one who was caught but still alive because he knew about the last remaining city. Morpheus and Trinity thought that Neo was the only one to stop the agents. This movie is a
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Enlightenment Through Knowledge Greek philosopher Socrates once taught his students that “to know‚ is to know that you know nothing. That is the true meaning of knowledge‚” and they continued to question as he did. He was trying to explain how real intelligence only comes with realizing that a person never truly knows what it is they know. Living false realities of the everyday world conflicts with relying on what people believe to be real. If people realize that the reality they are so familiar
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Winning My First Horse Show It all started when I saw a horse race on the TV. I was lying on the ground with my dogs. My mom was cooking steak and potatoes for dinner and my dad was sleeping in his bed. My sisters were playing on their phone and tablet. The horses were wearing colorful gear and the riders were matching with the colored helmets and riding outfits. There was a Palomino in yellow‚ a Bay in green and a Bay in blue‚ a Paint in orange‚ and a Black in grey. I could see the jockeys petting
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When Morpheus brings Neo to the light of a true reality‚ Neo gains the knowledge of how to manipulate the matrix. This new feat allows him to accomplish anything in The Matrix. Particularly the ability to perform actions that are physically impossible such as
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