The Philosophy of the Matrix

e choice of two pills, a red one and a blue one. By taking the blue pill, Neo would simply wake up in his bed and be free to decide if what happened was a dream or reality. By taking the red pill, Neo would get to see "how deep the rabbit hole goes," meaning that he would be awakened to the facts of what really is instead of what he has spent his life believing. Neo chooses the red pill and is located and removed from the "human crop" in which his body is located. After his body is rebuilt, he is shown what the world is really like and told what has really happened. As can be expected, Neo's initial reaction is one of shock as both his mind and body are basically overwhelmed by the information of reality, essentially feeling as Alice felt when she tumbled farther and farther into the rabbit hole. After this initial response, Neo becomes acclimated to the new information and begins to learn more quickly and easily the aspects of reality. However, another character, Cypher, responds somewhat differently to the revelati
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