Morpheus

artificial reality. They will do anything to protect technology because they believe this is their only way of survival. Neo has always been troubled with his purpose in this technology based world & is eventually approached by the legendary hacker, Morpheus. Morpheus fills Neo in on the dark secrets of the technology based world & helps Neo get to the "real" world. Neo quickly realizes it's his duty to protect the entire human existence. While learning how to trust, Neo also has to surpass his…

Exploring the Blurred Line Between Humans and Machines: A Look at the Roles of Characters in The Matrix and Blade Runner Machines Exploring what distinguishes a human from a machine has been a common theme among science fiction writers. Sometimes the line distinguishing the two can be blurred and provides an interesting storyline to explore humanity. Thesaurus.com defines a machine as “a device that performs tasks,” which is a rather mechanical definition. A person has been defined as…

After the first person induces a question into their mind, similarly to how Trinity induced Neo, you begin the process of discovering the truth. Once Neo began to question the truth, he began to change his perception of reality with the help of Morpheus and his crew. For these reasons, those who have seen the truth convene to aid those who see artifice delusion to go through the laborious process of realizing what is real and what is…

Neo was offered two pills and was asked to choose one of the two pills. The blue pill had an effect of making Neo woke up in his bed and believed whatever he wanted to believe. On the other hand, the red pill would make Neo stay in Wonderland and Morpheus would show him how deep the rabbit hole was. And therefore, Neo decided to take the red pill. Neo also fought a battle for his live for a truth that could cause him to sacrifice his life. In the Allegory of the cave, the video showed how…

A major difference can be found when analyzing Neo’s decision of taking the red pill or the blue pill. As opposed to the prisoners in Allegory Neo is presented with a choice take the blue pill and return to his systematic life in the matrix or as Morpheus puts it “You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” This is very different from the Allegory because those prisoners were never offered a choice but were just set free and then “reluctantly…

Before Neo discovers the meaning of the matrix, he was asked by defense operator Morpheus, "Have you ever had a dream that you are so sure was real? What if you were able to wake up from that dream, how would you know the difference between that dream world and the real world?” (Richard & Smith, 1997). Morpheus’s questions to Neo addresses…

Christian Symbolism in The Matrix After doing some thorough research about The Matrix and it’s parallelistic comparison to Christianity, I discovered that there are many similarities and symbols liking the two stories, the first one being Neo and the comparison to Jesus. Neo is comparable to Jesus every since birth, where he literally born into the real world from the womblike incubator that he's existed in all his life. This reminded me of the “Virgin Birth” of the Messiah. Neo’s real name is…

but the prisoners finally understood that the shadows are not the reality but rather the object causing the shadow is the reality. This relates to how Neo did not first believe that the matrix was a real thing, but he slowly learned that it was. Morpheus suggests that they take Neo to see the Oracle so that she can tell him what is purpose is and if he really is the one. When they first arrive at the Oracles building and walk in,Neo sees a kid bend a spoon using nothing but his mind. Neo looks…

Plato describes that one of the prisoners is dragged out of the cave, the same way that Morpheus takes Neo out of the matrix. This process of going from ignorance to enlightenment is a harsh one and in both cases is clearly exposed. In the allegory Plato describes that “Whenever any of them was unchained and was forced to stand up suddenly,…

Fasten Your Seatbelt Dorothy, ‘Cause Kansas is Going Bye-bye The verge of artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more real each passing day. With the vast amount of scientists undertaking its development, innovations are being crafted for an assortment of field use. Government foundations pursue the task of simulating the brain and mapping it. The Obama administration is funding the BRAIN initiative that has the goal of mapping the activity of every neuron within the human brain. Also, the Human…