February 2012
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The Matrix and Fanaticism
The Matrix, first film
The Matrix is treated, by its audience, as a film that reveals the reality behind the illusion. However, the film, and the series as a whole, frequently reveals the insecurity of reality. In this way the film alters the identity of the hero, Neo, not as a superman but as a child. Within the film we see that Neo’s power exists solely in the Matrix, outside he is quite...