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Book Of Exodus Comparison Essay

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The movie “The Matrix” and the “Book of Exodus,” have some noteworthy parallels. One of these parallels is that both stories are about humankind being led toward a path of freedom by one man (the hero). In “The Matrix” humans are a slave to Artificial Intelligence, the energy source needed for Artificial Intelligence to thrive. In the “Book of Exodus” the Hebrew are a slave to Egypt, and are used as the energy source to build a great city for the Pharaoh. There are parallels between the two hero’s (Neo and Moses) as well. The first is that neither are seeking to be a Hero, but instead are chosen for the task. Moses was chosen by God and Neo more or less chosen by destiny. They both have a calling for a “greater good.” Both men have to leave behind their former lives in order to serve the calling, thus living in two worlds. Moses was born a Hebrew but raised as a Prince of Egypt, only to realize that his Egyptian ways of life was a betrayal to his people, therefore he had to turn away from it and help his people to be freed from Egypt. Neo finds out that he is part of a human enslaved world to Artificial Intelligence and everything he knows is a lie, thus aiding his decision in assisting Morphias and the others to help mankind to find freedom from Artificial Intelligence. One of the main differences between the …show more content…

Both have a hero that brings the hope of new found freedom, and both are stories of the fight for a greater good. But both stories are very different in content as well. One story is from accounts of a very long ago, when people were god-fearing individuals and believed in a higher being that could save them from tragedy and desperation. The other is a story from the future where the people know nothing of what reality really is and do not know that the higher intelligence are the ones who are actually enslaving

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