The Matrix And Plato's Allegory Of The Cave

“ They see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave”(Plato 1). This is from the article “ Allegory of the Cave” and there are oppressors in the story who are hiding the truth from the people who know nothing but what they are taught by them. In the film The Matrix, it shows a man named Neo who gets help from a man from the real world to help him escape. Neo finally sees the truth of the world he was living in and realize it was a lie and a illusion to him and the others who still don 't know the real world. He is being train to fight and go back and defeat the system of the machines who are controlling the people who are blinded. The Matrix parallels Plato “Allegory of the

“ Here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so they cannot move” ( Plato 1). The mind of the individual is being taught the wrong things and they will just sit there and accept the false information. Similarity, Neo is in the world that he has known for his whole life and a man named Morpheus will guide him out of the dark world that he has been use to to finally see the light of things. When Neo is given the decision to either stay in the illusion world or to find out what is actually real. Morpheus says, “ All I 'm offering is the truth” (Matrix). The truth is what Neo wants, he knew from a long time that there was a Matrix, however he didn 't fully understand it. The truth is power to those who obtain the knowledge. Morpheus offers Neo a blue pill which sends him back to the world of illusion and a red pill which will show him what the Matrix is. Neo accepts the red pill and there was a Alice and Wonderland reference that Morpheus says, “Down the rabbit hole.” However there is no going back up the rabbit hole it 's a reverse of the story. Aristotle says, “The roots of education are bitter,but the fruit are sweet.” Neo knew this new information he was about to get will be unpleasant and he still he took the pill, to not step back into the illusion world. He awoke wrapped in wires and plugs connected in him. He was surrounded by a field of

Neo will have to make a decision to either save himself or his friend and finally seeing the truth of who he truly is by going back in his own dark cave. Morpheus is caught by the machines and Neo goes back to save him and during the rescue mission Neo says, “ There is no spoon” (Matrix). He is figuring out that everything in the Matrix is an illusion and being able to bend the spoon he is able to bend the world thus being able to change the system. He 's able to dodge the bullets because he knows there isn 't any bullets and is able to move fast like the agents and push certain body limits. When he was chased by the the agents he got shot multiple times and dies in the Matrix. During this time, Trinity was speaking to him in the real world saying that she loved him. When Neo heard this in the real world he discovered that he wasn 't dead. Neo body was safe in the real world and it 's all in the mind. In Descartes “ I think; therefore, I am.” The mind is stronger than the body and him believing that he was able to survive. Neo had good intentions to help Morpheus, he walked the path that he was suppose to take and learned that he is the one to help destroy the