Matrix+essays

While it may seem like just another sci-fi blockbuster, there is actually a LOT of philosophy in the movie //The Matrix//, from Plato's allegory of the cave to Zen Buddhism to large questions of morality and ethics. Our students wrote essays answering this question: "Would you take the red pill or the blue pill and why?" Which would YOU have picked?

CHRISTOPHER C. THE MATRIX If I was to chose between taking the red pill over the blue, I will take the red. I wont take the blue because I will go back to the way I was and think I've just been having some weird dreams, but not knowing if my dreams are real or not. I would take the red pill because I will find out the truth is to what my dreams are real or not, and if this is my real life or not. I would take the red pill because in the movie the agents can take over peop0les bodies and get them killed and that's the end for that person that just got killed. the red pill is the key that makes you know who you really are, and in real life you are a slave that has been control by MACHINE ion there own world, but you are not the only one being control by macHINE there are billions and billions of people that have been used for there energy. people have been at war with machains and the people thought that they could not function with out the sun, so humans have found a way to block the sun, but the machians have also found a way to use people for there energy, and with for then that's not stop fuel. the agents in the movie are like virus that have been downloaded into the dream world system and who ever wakes up from it the agents are program to stop then from telling everyone what is really happing. **// Red or blue, the red tells you the truth. The blue sends you to bed to live in a dream world and think what your thinking is really real, so which would you pick? //**
 * // Lear N. //**
 * // One reason I would pick the red pill is because the red pill lets you know the truth even though it might mean that you been living in a computer world. //**
 * // Another reason is you need to know the truth to grow. Learning more about what’s really going on. Not stick to what your brain is really thinking. //**
 * // Finally the last reason is you need to know the truth. To know who you really are. You might want to be important and rich like cipher. But really you might wake up and find out you might be helping the chosen one. //**
 * // In conclusion I think I would pick the red pill, because of all the reasons I described. //**
 * // You will know and grow and understand more. //**

Zaria S.

What pill would you choose the blue or the red? Three guys make everyone sleep to let them dream about what their life can be like But it’s not their life. If I had a choice I would choose the red one because I would want to know the truth about my life. I would help other people find out the truth so they can live their real life instead of living a dream. If you choose the blue pill then you will just be dreaming your life instead of living your life. It would be better to live your life instead of dreaming your life. Knowing the truth is worth getting hurt because the truth is important and if you don’t know the truth then it’s no point in living so it’s better to know the truth instead of living in a whole bunch of lies. The Matrix was a very exciting movie to see. I would recommend this movie to a person that will like action movies and who likes fighting. EVERYONE SHOULD SEE IT!!

Dylan E. Which pill would you take the red one or the blue one? I would choose the red pill because I want to see how the future would be like. I would also change the future if I can. If you had a choice to step out of our world and into a more real world but less pleasant…would you do that? I might pick the truth because the truth will set you free. There life on the ship was bad but if you know you’re the one then I would do that. Everyone is scared of the future but you have to make the first step into it. Would it be a moral failure if you did not? It might be a moral failure because this is the truth. The machines would need to know that if they could out smart us their creator then they need to guess again. Do you think the matrix’s is trying to tell us something in the future? Yes because if we don’t start doing good stuff the machines might need us for energy. We humans need to be careful with what we play with machines we play around with them. The plot in this story is you can go down the Alice in wonderland hole but it is up to you if you want to know what it really looks like. Neo is the main character, in this story and he learns the hard way how bad the machines made the world an ugly place.

Malcolm R.

What if the world you lived in was fake and everything you did wasn’t happening? In the movie “MATRIX” Neo A.K.A Thomas Anderson awakens to find all he’s done wasn’t real and pods around him. He comes on a decision that would change his life to go back to sleep or to find out what really happened, Red pill or blue pill? I would choose the red pill because if I have no real idea of what I’m doing then it’s not living. The real idea of what I’m doing then it’s not living. In the matrix you can do anything you want like jump 20 feet and land on your feet. In the real world getting killed is the most common thing. If I choose the red pill while in the I’m hunted by search and destroy sentinels .The ship might be destroyed and a laser will split me in half. In the matrix some- one trying to awaken me MR .Smith will come and get me .In either world I’m hunted by a machine. A cool thing is that I would change and become this fighting expert like everyone else. The only thing is I’m very weak outside and can be killed easily. Agent smith is hunting me and he’s fast and strong. Guns action and a bunch of other stuff can happen in the matrix. The matrix is a world of surprise and mystery. Will you survive? MR .Smith, evil sentinels ,and more are all around you. Would you stay asleep and live a fake life or wake up and try and stop the overlords? THIS IS THE MATRIX.

Neyda C. I  think that I would take the blue pill. I say this because If I go to the real world I would probably die. It looks better to live happily Ever after than have to deal with problems that maybe I can’t fix. I t could be Good to be famous or whatever you want. I think knowing the truth would be better. It’s Not bliss. I would also want to discover the truth but it would be very Dangerous to go to another world you are not very sure of. What I’m still wondering about The movie is that what if Neo didn’t make the guy (Morpheus) come back Would Neo survived and be the one chosen? I really would not go to the Computer world because it’s scary. I think that cipher is not A betrayer because maybe that being in the real world could be very Dangerous I would just want to live in the real world where I could be Safe. Even though I would like to find out the truth so I can know what I’ll be Expected to know. At first I thought maybe that could be a Problem if I am in the computer world because everything that happens is just my Dreams. Even though I would be very happy. Which would you pick the red? Pill or the blue pill?

Jeanette H.

I would choose the blue pill because that pill would take me back home. If I choose the red pill then it would be harder to go back home. I wonder why Neo choose the red pill. He could’ve just pick the blue pill and go home. That is the reason why I choose the blue pill. I think it is worth knowing the truth. I think that because then you will be confused. The lesson that I learned in this movie was that you should believe in yourself. Just like Neo did in the movie. He believed that he could do it. The question that I still have for this movie is why he chose the red pill? Why did they pick him? How did the program work? Why did this make this program? These are the question I still have. Neo made it all the way to the end because he believed in himself. One of the team members betrayed them. He didn’t want to be in there. He wanted to go more into the program. I think he did the wrong thing to betray them. It was wrong that one of them betray them. It was his fault that he was stuck there because he took the red pill. He also had a choice just like Neo did. At the end Neo had to believe that he could beat Agent Smith.

Emmanuel R. If I was in the in the matrix I would choose the red pill, Because I do want to know the truth. What about you? Are you going to pick blue pill and live your life has a lie or red and find the truth. Even if the truth is not that pleasant, but I don’t want to dream am having a good life. I want it to be real not fake. It will be awful not knowing the truth. When I come out of the matrix I will fight for my freedom. No matter what I have to do. Even if I have to eat the same goop every single day, but it will all be worth it in the end. If you think about it. It will be a moral failure if I did not pick the red pill, because you will wonder for the rest of your life what could have been. So what would you choose red or blue? Make the right choice and pick the red one and just wake up all ready. To know the truth about everything.

The Truth or Not Chris P.

If you had a choice to find out the truth knowing it’s not so nice. Or live your life as it is. I’m not sure of what I would choose. In the Matrix that choice is given in the form of two pills, a blue pill, live your life as it is or a red pill, find out the truth. I would not choose the blue pill because I would spend the rest of my life wondering. What is the truth is what I would ask myself every day. Am I living a lie? Knowing there is something else would eat me alive. I would not choose the red pill because I Know the truth is not so nice. Plus my life is good here. Why would I give up my life for something bad? So if you ask me I’m not sure. I will never be sure of what I would pick.