Movie critics and philosophers alike agree that the movie "The Matrix" is indeed based upon certain Platonic themes from Book VII of The Republic. In this story entitled "The Allegory of the Cave‚" he describes a dark underground cave where a group of people are sitting in one long row with their backs to the cave’s entrance. Chained to their chairs from an early age‚ all the humans can see is the distant cave wall in from of them. The shadows of statues held by unseen puppet handlers’ reflect
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Anti-Drug Legislation Matrix CJA/354 January 19‚ 2013 Anti-Drug Legislation Matrix Complete the matrix by selecting three states to add below Federal. Then‚ answer each question listed in the first row for each corresponding law. | Is marijuana illegal? | What are the penalties for possession of cocaine? | What are the penalties for possession of heroin? | What are the penalties for possession of prescription drugs? | What is the blood alcohol level for a driving while intoxicated
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Courtroom Participant Matrix CJA/491 Version 1 1 University of Phoenix Material Courtroom Participant Matrix Complete the matrix below using your text and other resources. Title Role Interpret the law‚ assess the evidence‚ presented‚ and control how hearings and trials unfold in the courtroom (“The Role Of The Judge‚ 2006). Responsibilities Ensures the trial follows legal procedures‚ interprets the law and finds resolutions (Michaels‚ 2013) Ethical Duties - Uphold the integrity
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Skepticism and The Matrix What is skepticism? Skepticism to me is not knowing or being able to trust anything. However‚ that was my original opinion‚ now going through and from what I’ve learned and read‚ I believe that skepticism is a doubting of claims in which are set forth in various areas‚ along with what I mentioned above. Having knowledge of an outside world is basically believing that waking life is but a dream‚ and there is something beyond what we are experiencing now‚ that there is a
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Inside and outside of the matrix Neo is faced with many choices‚ points in the film when he could continue in one way but chooses to change his direction and go in another. These decisions are examples of free will within the text. Free will is defined as the ability to make one’s own decisions to alter the path one is on. On the contrary‚ destiny portrays the notion of not being able to make choices but rather certain events transpiring no matter the outside influences. The position associated with
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throughout the world. This is no different in two particular movies‚ “The Truman Show” and “The Matrix”. So how do we know what reality is? How can we tell the difference between reality and a ‘Fake’ world? “Have you ever had a dream‚ Neo‚ that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?” (Morpheus‚ The Matrix). In both film texts there are a number of authorities who manipulate the reality of the
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man into a virtual world called “the matrix”. There the main protagonist “Neo” founds himself living in this world in questioning whether is real or not‚ and manages to scape with the help of a group of survivors from the real world. Yet the real world was not what he expected‚ earth was devastated by a long war between man and machines‚ and what is left of humanity lives in an underground city were the sewers of the old world use to be. We can consider the Matrix to be the cave‚ and the shadows projected
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The significance of being able to identify the matrix of domination in all areas of society is because it provides a basis of structure to society‚ it molds our views on the world around us‚ and it is present in our everyday lives. The matrix of domination or matrix of oppression is a sociological paradigm that explains issues of oppression that deal with race‚ class‚ and gender‚ which‚ though recognized as different social classifications‚ are all interconnected. One example would be the African-American/black
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In The Matrix the protagonist Neo is the liberal humanist. The being free from the structure of society and able to make choices without the bias thrown upon us through media and language. However within the first twenty minutes of the movie the theory of the liberal humanist begins to collapse around Neo. He learns that his life has been pre decided and machines control the reality he believes to be truth. The irony in finding out that his whole life is essentially a lie is that he does obtain the
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Although diagnosis is important‚ when social workers focus only on deficits or diagnosis‚ they may fail to also look at strengths and resources. Cowger Matrix Framework for Assessment was developed in an attempt to avoid focus on only deficits and more on the needs and strengths of individual clients (Hepworth et al‚ 2013). Cowger Matrix of Framework has four sections; strengths or resources and deficits‚ challenges or obstacles which are on a vertical axis and environmental factors (family and
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