... our daily lives - we go to work, we go to school, we have relationships with families and friends, we plan for our future, but one question never goes through our mind. What if none of this was real? What if everything we believed and lived for never existed at all, but is merely part of our ... imagination, a dream that goes on forever. This idea of false reality is explored in the film "The Matrix". What if virtual reality wasn't just for fun, but was being used to ... . Neo's life before the introduction to the Matrix is full of questions and uncertainty. His search for the answer to...

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... light. This is the first step. Imagine prisoners living in a cave. They have been chained facing the rear wall of the cave since childhood. They are unable to move their legs or rotate their heads. Behind the prisoners on a higher level of the cave floor a fire burns. Between the fire and the prisoners is a low wall where people hold up puppets ... . He refuses to believe that his life has been spent looking at shadows that imitate objects. This is the third step. Behind the fire there is a long, narrow path that goes to the cave's entrance. The prisoner is dragged outside into the sunli...

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... of the cave, which is his theory on education that ultimately leads to enlightenment, starts off deep in a cave where there are prisoners chained to a wall by their neck and legs, forced to look forward. In the cave, prisoners are displayed images of what they have come to believe to be true of their reality. It is only when the prisoners ... schools that are told to stay seated and look forward. There is a fire behind the prisoners and in between the fire and them on a higher ground is a path. This path goes across the cave and along this, a low wall has been built, like the screen at ...

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