Living in the Matrix

Are we living in the Matrix?

I think so, with the uprising of technology these days it's hard to believe otherwise. After watching the movie The Matrix (just once) and reading about it there are many key elements to this movie. For instance the names of the characters in this movie all have a meaning to it. The name Neo who is played by Keanu Reeves means "one" as in "The one,” Who is a reference to Jesus. His main role in the film is to save the people just like what Jesus did for us (according to Christianity). Trinity is Neo’s love interest. Morpheus who is played by Laurence Fishbourne is Neo's mentor, captain of Nebuchadnezzar. His name according to Greek philosophy represents the god of dreams and in the film that is exactly what Morpheus does for Neo, he wakes him up from his dream. I think this implies on the real world and has a lot of significant meaning to it. Just like in Plato's Allegory of the cave the prisoners are fine with watching shadows on the wall until someone is released and finds out the truth and goes back to save the rest of the prisoners. As he tries to do so, the prisoners are listening to him talk about the outside world and claim that he has gone insane. The prisoners don't believe him because according to them the world they live in (which is entrapment) is the only world there is. That's the only world they know.

Personally I think if I was presented with the choice of living in the Matrix or finding out the truth. I would much rather choose the red pill and see how far the journey goes. I think for Neo it’s only logic that he chose the red pill because in his dreams he was being looked for. His dreams represented reality what he was living in was all a dream and the people surrounding him were oblivious, slaves of the Matrix. For Morpheus, Neo was considered special the one who was going to change the world and save everyone. The only reason why I would of took the pill is because of curiosity and the adventure. Sometimes I feel as if we are living in the Matrix. People are letting technology control them. More and more people are being influenced by the media. Some people can’t even survive a day without their cell phone and I think that’s just crazy. Sooner or later if this becomes drastic there will be no such thing as individuality. People would rather be on the internet or watching T.V rather communicate with each other. I have many questions about the matrix and it’s meaning but for one, Was there a reason why the oracle was a grandmotherly black woman?. I thought the oracle would have been some type of illusion or computer from outer space or something. I never would of thought of her as an old woman living in a typical building in the city.