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Elekis, Kaitlyn, Perry and Brigette: Theme: ‘Personal freedom is a matter of perspective’


 * Cypher believes that ignorance is his personal freedom, whereas Morpheus believes that freedom is truth (freeing of the mind).
 * This relates to the Happy Slave Dilemma, Cypher would rather be oblivious and happy, than knowledgeable and ‘free’.
 * We believe that both of the Matrix and the real world are prisons of their own. In the matrix peoples minds are trapped from the truth, and in the real world, the Nebuchadnezzar is Cyphers prison. Therefore freedom is a matter of perceptive.
 * “We only free young minds, who are less dependent on the system.” - Morpheus. We believe freedom is impossible, as people/societies need laws. These laws may not be enforced by a higher power, but also by our selves, these laws are our values, beliefs, etc.
 * Relevance to modern history: laws, governments.
 * Relevance to history:
 * The happy slave dilemma
 * Freedom and what it means has changed over time because people have grown more knowledgable,.
 * Values and circumstances have changed
 * Eg. woman after WWI refused to go back to the being simple housewives and wanted to carry on doing jobs thatwere ‘meant for’ men
 * Why should we learn about this theme?
 * Because percective fits into everything
 * Each person is going to learn something
 * Think about your ‘freedom’

Rachel, Aidan, Ben, Nadia, Sarah:

Theme: The fine line between humanity and machines

How the theme is shown in The Matrix: - In the Matrix, the machines are like humans. -The machines rely on humans to get energy, and vice versa. -Humans having plugs in the back of their necks is kind of like the humans being a machine. They get plugged into the Matrix, just like a machine.

Character that shows this theme: Agent Smith

Agent Smith is a machine, however he is just like a human, asides from his machine-like abilities. Although he is a machine, he seems to have developed actual emotions and feelings towards things like people, and the actual Matrix. He absolutely hates the Matrix. You would think that since he technically is a machine that he wouldn't be able to have these feelings, yet he still does. This shows the theme of the fine line between humanity and machines, really they are both very similar.

Modern relevance:

This theme has significant modern relevance. In reality, we try to make robots that resemble humans. Some people who have had to amputate their arms get robotic replacements that do the same things as an actual arm. Humans are relying more and more on machines. Intelligence of robots is also getting closer and closer to human intelligence, if not smarter.

Quotations:

- "Never send a human to do a machine's job." -Agent Smith - "A virus. Human beings are a disease." -Agent Smith

Symbols/motifs: -The Matrix code -Computers -Phones (In the Matrix you can communicate with someone who is in the real world using a phone.)

Why we should learn about this theme:

This theme is very interesting because of it's modern relevance. Robots are becoming more intelligent, will they become more intelligent than humans?

Libby, jake and Gracon Add whatever :) If you dont believe in yourself no one else will In the Matirx, Neo is told he is the one but Neo doubts himself and doesnt believe he is the one, because he isnt good enough. This puts doubt into everyone elses mind and hardly anyone believes that Neo could be the one. The only exceptions are Morpheous who believed Neo was the one all along with no doubt. //**__Relivence in Modern Society__**// In our modern society, if you dont believe in yourself no one else will. If you dont believe in yourself enough to apply for a scholership or to apply for a job no one else will do it for you and you will miss out in life. If you dont believe in yourself you wont have any self confidence, if you are confident everyone will believe in you. //__** Historical **__// Gandhi is a good example of this, he believed he could get equality in India, he believed he could get the British out of the country and was confident about it. This is what gained Gandhi so much popularity and supporters. If Gandhi had given up, or not believed he could achieve what he set out to do, he wouldneverhad gotten so far and popular in society. __//** Why should we learn about this theme? **//__ We should learn about this theme because it is important and can get you far in life, if you dont believe in yourself and have no confidence no one else will and you wont get anywhere in life. Even if your going to play a sports game or exam, self belief can make the difference between achieving or not. __//** Quotes **//__ "Do you think your the one?" -Oricle "I hounestly dont know" -Neo
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"But you already know what im going to tell you" -Oricle "Im not the one" -Neo __//** Symbolisim **//__ - Buliding jumping -The dojo __//** Settings **//__ The dojo when Neo is fighting Morpheous and morpheous tells Neo to believe in himself. Building jumping, neo said he could do it but he didnt truely believe so he didnt make it.