Essay 1

Essay 1

Jalah Grimes
Eng 101
Dr Luke vasileiou
                                                 The choice of following illusion or accepting reality.

After analyzing my texts such as Plato, Oedipus and the Matrix, which I found the most accurate, has helped me understand the results of enlightenment versus enlightenment. My personal experiences as well as historical illusions had helped me shape my perceptions or reality and the effects it has on the other people. The adjustment to learning the truth is not an easy one. It hasn’t been easy for me, or the majority of people in the texts or throughout history. It has always been more convenient to follow lies than to search for the truth and accept it. Knowledge of its better than the illusionary world, even though it is a harsh reality. There are some people who seek it and some who don’t. There are people who wish to destroy the message or messengers of it. When the truth is revealed it presents different results for different people.

                The Matrix was the most accurate account of giving up illusion and embracing truth compared to the other texts. They all shared a common theme, but it was more clearly displayed in the matrix. In reality, when you discover the truth you realize the cruel and terrible world w alive in Neo made the choice to take the red pill instead of the blue pill for enlightenment. When he learned the truth he embraced it and lived out his destiny as the one. Cipher didn’t share the same fate. He made a deal so he could go back to living a lie instead of the truth. The lie was more convenient than the reality of their world. He even said ignorance is bliss while waiting a steak that he knew wasn’t real. His betrayal and perception represented the majority of people’s thoughts.

                Plato’s interpretations of giving up illusion showed the opposite world get the same struggles as the Matrix. Socrates told Gluconcon examples of how enlightenment affected prisoners. The Prisoners were in the cave and couldn’t see or understand the real world. When they left the dark cave, they experience hardships accepting a better world and adjusting to it. The truth as well as sunlight blinded them to the point that some of them wanted to go back into the cave. That was similar to cipher in the matrix. The difference was the fact that leaving the cave was a utopia and leaving the matrix was a dystopia. A dystopia as seen in #7 shows how blind people can’t see the truth.

                Oedipus the King was a happy man until he learned his foul history and it drove him mad. He thought he earned his position and was a great leader. After finding out about his past he questioned more. Just like Neo questioned the past he questioned the same about his family. He searched for knowledge but couldn’t except it. In 750, 620 it showed how with the truth he still didn’t want to change his mind. His wife and mother Jocasta didn’t want him to question anything and except the lie. 1280, she said it was for him yet she killed herself rather than being exposed. Oedipus blinded himself physically to escape seeing his shame or other people’s reactions. He could still hear voices clearly and replayed it in his mind. This story showed the extremes people will go to when they don’t except the truth.

                Just like Oedipus, history has shown religion can control people to the point where they close their minds. Religion practiced by most people teaches them not to learn from others and their way of life is true and accurate. This clouds people’s judgment and makes them slaves to it. There have been wars, more deaths because of it. These illusions keep people controlled and from seeking true enlightenment which coincides with nature and science. Oedipus believed in gods. His belief in them dictated a lot of his actions for the worst. The crusades were a war lead by people’s perceptions of their religions. Religion has shown us the vicious effects of people  believing in illusions throughout history.

                In my personal experience, I learned that there is no chance for world peace. When I lived up there that illusion, I was passive to the point of being bullied and over optimistic. That slowed my development and kept me blind to certain realities. I sought out knowledge like Neo and Oedipus. It revealed the truth. I handle it in a way of not corrupting myself, but it was a grim outlook. I also taught my friend about it like Socrates did to Gloucon about enlightenment. Belief in illusion has taught me to look at all my personal perceptions.

                The texts, history, and my personal experience all showed the need for enlightenment and effects of it. All of the concepts where the same. I learned to question everything and except truth. Neo, the prisoners, Oedipus and his family all went through struggles when the truth was presented. The Matrix was the most accurate way of displaying the truth over the illusion. All of the texts showed the same concepts. The different concepts in the texts, history, and life can help shape ones perspective of embracing truth and giving up illusion. I chose to accept reality rather than to follow the beautiful illusion.

Blog 5

I don’t think we should alter nature. What is meant to be is. In the begging thins where almost perfect, until man disrupted nature, trying to have more and be superior to other. At one point it wasn’t nessecary because it was enough resources and land for everybody. Now we have to alter certain things to correct things that we changed and altered in the past. The balance of ethics and science is the key to advancing while keeping our humanity and ethics. The Man on the moon by George J. Anna’s was an accurate hypothesis of what humanity would be if we continue to genetically altering living things especially humans. The movie Gattaca was visual proof of what would happen. George J. Anna’s historically showed how people who thought they were superior, whether it was A race, religion culture or creed, tried to conquer the other people and felt justified doing it. Christopher Columbus Thought that his race was superior to the Indians so he murdered, enslaved, and converted them to his religion, and felt justified doing it. Although they had some uncivilized ways, they actually where more civilized then him. They lived a healthier more natural and peaceful life. We all have to have one mind, one way of life, assimilate to one race to stop us from trying to conquer each other. We still would try to conquer each other’s ideas. But done positively and ethically it would yield greet results for the universe. In Gattaca the genetically engineered humans took over and made the natural ones outcasts. The naturals where better because there metaphysical qualities, such as: leadership, will, motivation, innovation, compassion, etc., couldn’t be engineered genetically. Vincent’s dream and drive made him superior to Eugene. Eugene had better genes but made so few mistakes, that he couldn’t learn from them and fulfill his Dream like Vincent, because swimming wasn’t his dream it was what he was designed to do.   The movie gave a frightening visual display of what life could be like if we continue to practice unethical science. Gattaca was a graphic proof of George J. Anna’s argument. On Page 234 he wrote about cloned animals and a laboratory experiments confined them. It would be the same way with humans just on a huge scale. The article spoke volumes in there examples of people thinking they were superior like the crusades, Germans, imperialism, cloning animals and more. This shows throughout history we have tried to conquer or kill, the living things we felt we were better than There where some Europeans who felt the Africans where savages. They conquered them and killed millions of people in the Proses. America spreads democracy across the world, by force because they say it’s the superior way to govern the people. They have future plans to continue this. Thus proving humans who think they are superior or who are, will try to concur the other. Since history and the present agree, it’s a fact that our future will to.

Blog 4

After analyzing the Matrix and Oedipus the King I observed similar concepts and themes. They both
were about the ignorance of human beings in a certain time periods. The matrix was in the future and Oedipus the King was in the past. In the matrix. They both had people who where enlightened and unenlightened and showed the results of it. In the Matrix the people where ignorant to the fact that they where being used by machines as slaves and power sources. In the movie cipher was eating A stack that he knew wasn’t real. He said that ignorance is bliss and that he would rather go back to the matrix and forgets the truth, rather than live the painful inconvenient truth. I in feared that most of the people in the Matrix would have done the same thing. In Oedipus the King, Jokester said listen to me, I beg you. Don’t do this in line 1270. She dint want Oedipus to search further for the truth because it would dishonor her and reveal shameful secrets of After analyzing the Matrix and Oedipus the King I observed similar concepts and themes. They both there family. Neo and Oedipus where both truth seekers who had serious questions about life as they knew it. News was what the Matrix...was Oedipus question was about his family. They both had profits and oracles who predicted their futures. Neo believed the oracle and it helped him become the one. Even though the oracle told him he wasn’t. Oedipus didn’t believe the profits because they told him what he didn’t want to hear. It caused him to be very angry and still fulfill there prophecies the more he tried to run away from them. Neo was happy to accept the truth. Oedipus continues questioned it. In line 1160 Oedipus was ready to kill or exile himself at the thought of the prophecies being true. Oedipus was happy in the beginning as he assumed he was rightfully king in on top of the world. They both did research to find the truth. Neo committed his life to it, by taking the red pill and joining amorphous. Oedipus keep asking the gods, profits, his son and the old sheared to find answers to his question. The knowledge of the truth provided a harsh reality in both texts. The difference was what the main characters did with it. They both taught to search for the truth at all cost. Also the hard dicsion it would be to choose the truth over a lie. The message was to choose the truth at all cost.

Carlos blog3 comment.

The thesis is almost correct to me. The concept of the story is accurate. You used your own words, but it should have been A little longer.There are A few grammatical eras. capitalization, and placement of periods and commas.It was well written besides that. there where no spelling errors and A good choice of words. You didn't state the facts of the passage in order. You added your opinion and own examples.I agree with them, but it wasn't supposed to be in the summary. Your summary should have been a little longer and  detailed. . A sufficent summary is more discriptive of the events that took place.You have the capability to execute A good summary, but you need to to follow instructions.

carlos blog: Blog3

carloThis summary could have been a little longer. I agree with your concept of the syory. It was supposed to be A short summary of the events in the story in order. Opinion was supposed to be lft out.s blog: Blog3: The Allegory Of The Cave In the article, Socrates tried to explain to Glaucon, that p...

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Blog#3

There are many illusions that have been believed by the people in the world through history. In comparing the allegory of the cave and the matrix, I’ve come to the conclusion that the matrix movie is a more accurate description of the process of giving up illusion and embracing truth. Both texts gave good examples and showed how what the result of giving up illusion and being enlightened. Both showed the trials and tribulation that come with it. The matrix showed that the illusion was false yet was better than the harsh, reality of the world. In the allegory of the cave, Plato spoke about prisoners leaving the cave for a better more enlightened world. In our reality the more knowledge and understanding you obtain the more aware you are of the lies, violence and cruel atrocities happening now also in the pas in future. This the dicideding factor in my division of which was more accurate.

The Atlantic slave trade was one of the worst crimes against humanity the world has ever seen. The African American slaves were torched, put to work for free and millions were killed. They were also indoctrinated and made to believe that light skins were better than dark skin slaves and house slaves were better than field slaves etc. A religion was forced on them and they were stripped of their history. They began to hate one another. The mental slavery the slaves would be afflicted of was even worse. They keep themselves slaves now, killing each other, using drugs, working for slave wages to give back to the master. They believed that being physically free was the greatest thing in the world. When they were freed by Abraham Lincoln for political purposes they celebrated. A lot of them where so scared to provide for themselves and deal with racism that the chose to stay in slavery because it was there comfort zone as harsh as it was. In the matrix cipher became A trader because he fathered the simulated past reality instead of being in a post-apocalyptic world with no sun.  There where slaves that would rather fight than be released into a false reality of freedom.  Neo was similar in some ways. The people where slaves to the machines. Neo chose to take the red pill to be in the real world. Than after finding out the truth, he chose the cruel world instead of the illusion which was a mental slavery.

MY experience in dealing with religious people has shown me that the rather believe that a mystery god makes everything happen. When you teach them about science they say its which craft yet they use it every day for their benefit. It is easier to believe god will do everything for you through prayer than to work also to die and go to heaven. I know you have to work for what you want and need, in all of history No one has ever returned from the grave to tell the living weather he lied or not. The matrix showed clearly the illusion of the system we live in today which is the matrix; the only difference is whose running it.