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Plato's Allegory Of The Cave

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The Matrix In the movie, The Matrix, the main character Neo was given the choice between taking a red pill or a blue pill. Taking the red pill would then make it so he could see ‘true’ reality, meaning that everything he has ever lived to known was basically a lie. Taking the blue pill would make it so he would keep living his ‘normal’ day to day life as that is actual true reality, as far as he knows. In Plato’s Allegory of The Cave, he explored the idea that the ‘real’ world is a true illusion. He suggests that most of us dwell in the darkness of the cave and that the function of education is to lead people out of the cave into the world of light; he imagines a cave and that people are kept prisoners in it since birth. When Neo takes the …show more content…

I would want to see for myself how deep the rabbit hole goes, I want to be lead to the true nature of reality. Taking the red pill would allow me to live in awareness so that I could be aware of most sufferings that occur in the world we live in. Living in awareness would allow me to have the power in order to make improvements when needed. Maybe taking the red pill would be ugly at first, but I believe that the results would all be worth it in the end. We have to remember that the body cannot live without the …show more content…

The red pill can show you true reality and what is honest in your life and the blue pill will put a disguise on reality and may not show you what is really going on. These two point of views can change your life in a whole different way. The way I decided will help me see true honesty in my life and give me a true grasp on reality. The blue pill would not help considering I would not know what is true in my life and it would not give me a true perception. Although the red pill maybe be hard to deal with and may show me some things I might not want to see, it won't be a lie in comparison to the blue pill. Taking these factors into effect this is the reason the red pill would be the best fit for me and the person I really am and what the true meaning of life really is. People don’t want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed, but it is better to get hurt by the truth than to be comforted with a

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