Neo soul Essays

It was December 2006, I was nine years old, and that was the first time I had ever heard India Arie’s songs; “Video” & “I Am Not My Hair”. While both of these songs are inspired by rhythm & blues, and Neo-Soul, their overarching meanings are somewhat different. “Video”, is a powerful self-love anthem; in this song, India Arie celebrates who she is naturally, and acknowledges that she would not change who she is. “I Am Not My Hair” is more complex because while it acknowledges the versatility of Black

ego that goes by the name of Neo. Neo eventually goes too far down the rabbit hole when questioning his reality, and becomes a target of the police after stumbling across The Matrix and is contacted by a man named Morpheus (a legendary computer hacker). Morpheus shows Neo the “real world”, a society where most of humanity have been captured by machines that live off of the humans' bodies. They imprison the human minds within an artificial reality known as the Matrix. Neo is thought to be “The One”

in the movie Neo chose the red pill instead of the blue pill. The blue pill could’ve led Neo to end the imaginary world. Just like Oedipus Rex and Julius Caesar there was also signs of fate in The Matrix because in the movie the world was pre-constructed and all the actions were predetermined. In The Matrix the movie had the ability to change between fate and free will because Neo had the choice to end the imaginary world but there was fate because there was an oracle who said that Neo wasn’t the chosen

is the mentor character archetype as he teaches and trains his crew. In The Matrix, Morpheus was training with Neo, saying: “What are you waiting for? You're faster than this. Don't think you are, know you are. Come on. Stop trying to hit me and hit me” (00h 52m 45s). Morpheus is instructing Neo to not think but to know he is stronger, he is faster and he knows he can hit Morpheus. Once Neo fully understands what Morpheus is trying to teach him, he finally did corner Morpheus and shows how he was able

to the real world before Descartes’ began questioning the idea. Nevertheless, his views on dualism are very different from Plato’s. As we know, Plato thinks and feels as if the body is just a vessel for the soul, but Descarte on the other hand strongly believes and shows proof that both your soul and body are connected and intertwining. Stating one is not superior to the other, both work hand and hand, affecting each other.As we can see by Descartes dualism beliefs that even though our bodies and minds

to the real world before Descartes’ began questioning the idea. Nevertheless, his views on dualism are very different from Plato’s. As we know, Plato thinks and feels as if the body is just a vessel for the soul, but Descarte on the other hand strongly believes and shows proof that both your soul and body are connected and intertwining. Stating one is not superior to the other, both work hand and hand, affecting each other. Descartes states that “I reflect therefore I am.” Descartes shows through his

is real is the forms which exist outside of human sight. The example Plato used is that a simple thing such as a bed would be linked to the perfect idea of a bed that exists independently. Plato saw the mind being identical with the soul but he argued that the soul goes through a continuous process of reincarnation. There are four main types of dualism: substance dualism, property dualism, predicate dualism, and epistemological dualism. Substance dualism argues that the mind is an independent

What is the world what it seems? Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves), developer of a major company in computer software and assailant alias Neo, you'll find that not. With the contact a strange group led by Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne), who will show you the real truth that lies behind the apparent: a world dominated by machines, which enslave humanity to use our bodies as simple source of energy. But what does, and our mind, where it is then? The answer lies in the matrix. The entire concept represents

A computer programmer named Thomas Anderson by day, and a computer hacker, Neo at night. He is contacted by a legendary hacker also known by Neo as 'terrorist' by the government called Morpheus. Morpheus offers to tell him the truth about his existence if he trusts him. Neo had been questioning his reality. Neo agreed to follow and joins Morpheus who frees him from what he believes to be the real world, but is actually a virtual world based on the late twentieth century, known as 'the Matrix'.

Even from the beginning, this film both sets itself apart with the first-person “found footage” style, while at the same time, also has the chance to be not very different at all. Personally, I believe the movie certainly achieved the former statement; setting itself apart in a number of different ways. While taking from budget-cutting idea of Eduardo Sánchez’s The Blair Witch Project, using a camera carried by a character– in this case the protagonist– it also steers away from the horror genre that

The movie the matrix is a different type of universe than the one we live in now, everything we know to be true in this world is a lie. The main character of the movie Neo is faced with a decision, take the red pill and see the world for what it really is, to know the truth, or take the blue pill, to remain in the world you know to be true not knowing any different. Which one would you choose? I have spent a lot of time thinking about this, I have gone back and forth on my decision multiple times

Augustine, who maybe unheard for most non-Christian. However, his Confessions was the first book use biography to inspire people to pursue the truth about themselves and the world. No matter people agree with Augustine or not, all of them will admit that they can find valuable things during his literary work. Augustine was a Roman theologian and philosopher, and his ideological legacy is incredibly rich. His thinking on the question of “why God and evil coexist?” is accompanied by his growth and

Comparative Analysis: Scarface (1983) and The Godfather (1972) Introduction How are the two movies different from each other? Is it the era, the theme of or its execution? In retrospective, both will surely have difference, especially since the two are created with different aims. If one is to analyze the films, one will find a grey area between its differences, wherein differences are both superficial and minor at best. Scarface is a crime-drama film that is famously known for being one of the

Raphael knew the home world of the snorpians did not connect directly to this universe, he'd been to all the universes that bordered Morpheus through Elmer's portal and had set up his own portals on the other side, in none of them had he found a trace of the snorpians, at first. After an extensive interview with Gwladys, he concluded that there were snorpians on Earth and it was logical to assume that they had come to Morpheus via the home world of the humans. He dug deeper, looked in the history

critically examining important plot points from The Matrix and comparing their similarity to various philosophical hypotheses and ideologies the movie can be greatly enhanced. Morpheus first takes Neo into the “Construct” loading program to show him the true nature of the Matrix and what the truth is. When Neo asks if what he is seeing is not real, Morpheus responds by pointing out that if you

also says “believe whatever you want to believe”. Basically he’s saying that Neo will be

and Descartes in several ways. Neo in The Matrix felt that something was not right with his life. Neo had a choice to stay in the way of life he was familiar with or to find out the truth about life by taking a red pill. Neo took the pill, realizing that his life has been a lie all that time. “He experience fear, denial, and confusion, but eventually acceptance and then sadness. He realizes that all of his “life” had been a lie” (The Matrix, 1999). The world before Neo took the pill was the only world

In the film of the Matrix, Neo is a man who lives a double life, a computer programmer at day and a hacker at night. When Morpheus contacts Anderson just before being tracked down by the police. When Neo  meets Morpheus, he learns of the Matrix which is an artificial place created by machines where humans are born artificially. These artificial humans are used as fuel for the machines in order to maintain their control over the matrix. While in the real world, there is no barely a civilization left

Switch, who collapse to the ground, their life support severed. Cypher doesn’t believe Neo is the One and argues that if Morpheus were really right, then a literal miracle would have to occur immediately to save the lives of both Trinity and Neo. Cypher believes he holds their lives in his hands. The miracle happens. Tank turns out not to be dead, but only grievously wounded. He manages to kill Cypher, thus saving Neo and Trinity. Agent Smith, along with his subordinates, Brown and Jones, transports

with very distinct archetypes keep the movie’s story going. The three characters are Morpheus, Neo, and Trinity. These three characters tell a story. Throughout the film, it is clear why the characters fulfill the shoes of their specific character archetype, overall personality, and position throughout the journey. Without their motivations and persona, there wouldn’t be a story to tell. Morpheus, Neo, and Trinity fulfill their character archetypes because of their impact on the story and their individual