The Matrix
Darrell Stafford
Philosophy
H.E. Malmquist
At the beginning of the Matrix a computer programmer known as Neo falls asleep in front of his computer. A mysterious message appears on the screen "Wake up Neo." This phrase encapsulates the plot of the film as Neo struggles with the problem of being imprisoned in a material world that is actually a computer simulation program created in the distant future by Artificial Intelligence machines as a means of enslaving humanity.
The Matrix is a film filled with philosophical symbolism and raises a number of
philosophical issues. First and most obviously, it raises the issue about how you know whether the things you perceive are real or just an illusion.
Morpheus is a man who has escaped the Matrix and believes Neo is the "one" who can save all humanity. When Morpheus and Neo meet for the first time, Morpheus......
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