Matrix Blog- # 1

Matrix Blog- # 1

Answer the following questions for Wednesday

1. Explain how Neo's experience in and out of the Matrix parallels the Allegory of the Cave. Be specific using examples from each text.
Before he goes into the matrix he thinks that the truth is all he sees. Once he gets inside the matrix he realizes that there is more to the world then what he used to know. The same thing also happened in the Cave. When he was inside the cave he thought that all the world was is inside the cave. Then when he gets released he realizes that there is more to the world and he doughs what is real and what is not.

2. Morpheus poses the question, "what is real? how do you define real?" We're going to read literature that poses that very question. What tools and indicator do we use to define and describe the world around us? Is reality a definite concept measurable and quantifiable, or is it a fluid concept defined by perceptions? Why?
I think that reality is your perceptions and you will believe what you think is real.

3. The Matrix is part of the science-fiction genre, and while we may not be controlled by technology in the literal sense as The Matrix describes, does our current society in 2008 parallel the the world of The Matrix in certain ways? Has technology actually the lessened the quality of life in some ways? Why or why not?
I don't think that we parallel The Matrix. I do believe that technology has lessened the quality of life because we don't have to do as much things on our own.