Morpheus

Determining the constituents of reality is arguable the genesis of a prevailing acquiescence within society, and this manifests largely as either blind conformity or wistful ignorance. J.M Barrie and The Wachowski Brothers, authors of Peter Pan and The Matrix, respectively, consider how the obvious dichotomy between reality and fantasy in the two texts acts as a metaphor for society and their ability to choose preferential ignorance in times of strife. This idea is extended to incorporate the…

‘‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” by Harlan Ellison is set in the future setting of the technological world that functions on the strict schedules, like ticking of the time bomb. The plot of the story revolves around a world, for which time means everything. Ticktockman, the protagonist, is a robotic character that has the authority to penalize or kill those who do not value their time and do not comply with their commitments. In actual, the story is a satire on the utilization and…

In modern day society, technology is a staple commodity. It helps us accomplish a myriad of tasks efficiently and within a time frame that we most likely would not be able to achieve without it. It helps us travel across continents in mere hours and even venture out of our atmosphere. Even more recently, as social media and communication is becoming a greater part of our culture than ever before, it enables us to connect absolutely."Knowledge is power" is a phrase often used in society, widely…

Introduction When something is revealed or made known to someone, that is a revelation. In life, revelations are made known in various ways, either of ourselves, of someone else, or things around us. Even in science fiction, a revelation can be revealed. In the movie, “The Matix®,” (I am not promoting or endorsing the movie, nor the directors, nor their lifestyles, I only found the quote to be an example of a revelation), the character Neo receives the revelation that not only is he in the…

The robot takes over the world, people sleep in the program that they created and live in a virtual life. My eyes are kept focus on the screen. The love for The Matrix goes back when I was in middle school, the first time I watched the movie.The Matrix is a science fiction film. This movie is about Neo, a guy who sleeps on the Matrix for a long time and one day he gets hacked. A group of hackers promises that they will tell him the truth about the world that he is living in He follows his…

Allowing for the virtual world to become our reality, is also seen in the sci-fi thrilling movie, Tron: Legacy (2010). Tron: Legacy, is the remade version of Tron, originally released in 1982, just one year before Videodrome. Though Tron: Legacy carries a completely different plot than Videodrome, the cyberpunk themes seen in the film are repeated, though not all. Tron tells the story of a young man named Sam Flynn whose father, former CEO of ENCOM (a large and global video game corporation) who…

A Journey testing your Courage Courage does not mean one lives without fear, it means they use bravery to stand up to it. Ally Condie shows the development of courage against the fear of power in her novel, Matched. To begin, major characters display a growth of their courageous and rebellious manners. Additionally, the setting aids the development of those characters; while conflicts allow the progress of bravery to overpower society. In which all is supported through literary elements of…

When comparing the concepts from The Matrix to the ideology in the excerpts by Plato and Descartes a common theme is the realization that the world is all a sensory illusion by which an elaborate system of deception can perpetrate individuals to a common belief or perception. One of the main points that is shared between the excerpt by Plato/Descartes and the synopsis of The Matrix is that everything around us is perceived through our senses. Yet, because each individual perceives the world in a…

Phantom Man Alex Phantom is a 19 year old teenager that attends a college at Las Vegas, Nevada. Alex lives with his parents but also has a dorm in his college. He is one of the nerdy kids in his college. One day Alex was walking back to his parents house when he saw a black car crash into a light post. Alex quickly ran to the smoking black car . He wanted to help but was too scared to help because he thought the car would explode. Instead he called 911 to help the person. When the police came…

Ophelia, AKA the Witch of Morpheus, sat at a makeshift table, playing at eating her dinner as she contemplated all that had happened since the night she found herself on Morpheus, naked in a bed with a man she didn't even know. A shiver ran done her spine when she remembered how the feeling of unrealness had come over her and nearly destroyed her. She had fought against it and won the battle for reality that first night. The constant fear that the unreality would come back to claim her haunted…