The Red Pill In The Matrix

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In “The Matrix,” Neo makes the choice between the red (truth) pill and the blue (ignorance) pill. In the film Neo choses to know the truth because of all the crazy things he had recently seen, all the questions that were burning in his mind, and the limited time he had to choose. Although Neo chose to know the truth, there are many reasons one could choose either.
Neo chooses the red pill because he has felt, and seen, that there was something “off” about his life. He was curious about who Morpheus and the others were and was unhappy with the life that he had. He was driven to choose the red (truth) pill. Without the knowledge that something was off, there is a high probability that Neo would never have chosen the red pill, or any pill at

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