The Matrix

If Neo takes the blue pill that Morpheus offers him, he will overlook the matrix and go back to his deceptive yet reasonably harmless and predictable existence. If he takes the red pill, on the other hand, he will make out humanity as it really is. The exchange is simple. Secure fantasy or ruthless reality?

If I had the prospect between swallowing the red pill or the blue pill, I would most certainly choose the blue pill. I would much rather live my life in ignorance and potential bliss rather than lead an "examined life", as Aristotle once described. Personally, I would be happier without knowing of a harsh reality. The sad, pathetic certainty that I have come to know is that there is no glee in knowledge. The more we know, the more devastated we become. The more we judge, the more we loathe.

I would choose the blue pill because it is easier to swallow. It is trouble-free and straightforward. It does not let one cast doubt on and question the future. It gives hope because all the answers are presented for you. The blue pill embodies security and what we have constantly recognized and appreciated the most. There are no real questions because we already know what to expect. The most uncertainty we would really have to undergo is breaking a nail while punching a thief as he hold on to your purse.

Throughout the movie, I have come to realize that there is a genuine effortless initiative that film promotes. The movie depicts "The Matrix" as something corrupt and bad. It also portrays that people living in "The Matrix" are worse off than the people living outside the "The Matrix". The human beings are framed and are unaware of the truth. They are ignorant of the fact that they live in vats in the future and are fed false facts by a massive virtual reality processor. Machines are basically using individuals as a source of power. Human Beings are literally cultivated.

If you think about it, what is so bad about living in "The Matrix"? Is it only bad for the people who know the truth? Or is it also bad for every Tom, Jeff and Harry in the world? The people in "The Matrix" have no idea that they are living in a dream. What's the harm? However, in the movie, Neo seems to be trying to free as many people as he can from "The Matrix". But we don't really stop and think about what happens after Neo rescues them. We don't really stop and think about whether they would like being exposed into such a harsh reality. Were they better off back in their fantasy? Would they thank him? I know I wouldn't!

Each person knows that if we take the blue pill, we stay at ease in our dream. That dream in which everybody operates on a daily routine without questioning why they do what they do. Life would be so simple. We would wake up in the morning, brush our teeth, pop a pimple, go to school, so whatever is necessary of me, come back home and go back to sleep. But sometimes, we would wake up in the morning and question those very rituals and are faced with a choice. Some individuals are entirely pleased believing something to be as they've always known it to be, and reject this newer attempt at truth because it's too painful for them to accept. They do not want to think that their entire life was based on a lie. Like Cypher, they would somewhat enjoy their steak "blissfully" in the Matrix rather than face up to the new insight they witnessed.

The issue then does not concern the pills, but concern what they signify in such situations. The question states whether the truth is worth following. The blue pill will leave us