final essay #1

After I saw the movie The Matrix I started thinking how this movie can be based on the Greek mythology.  In Greek mythology there is a God named Morpheus who is the God of dreams. Morpheus sends images of humans in dreams or visions, and he is responsible for shaping dreams, or giving shape to the beings that inhabit dreams and manipulate reality.  Also we can say that the movie The Matrix is based on Allegory of The Cave which Socrates and Plato are discussing what real is and not.   Also Socrates' visit to the oracle of Delphi, and Socrates said that he knew nothing and Oracle said that he was the wisest man on earth, but the end Socrates understood her ironic meaning.  Neo is Socrates, who is willing to admit to his own ignorance, and the Oracle in the Matrix films maintains her confidence in him and his abilities despite his often-visible confusion and doubt.

First of all, according to Greek mythology Morpheus has the ability to take any human form and appear in dreams. Morpheus has multiple roles and meanings and literally means "he who forms."  Morpheus believes that Neo is the person who has been foreseen by the Oracle to be able to defeat the Matrix.  My opinion is that Morpheus is pulling out Neo of his contempt and easy life and he tries to show Neo what truth is.  We can say that Morpheus believes that Neo is the ONE.  Morpheus’s faith in Neo is very strong even though Neo seems to show weakness at times but he still has faith in him despites his weaknesses because he has never let him lead on a wrong path.  Just as the leader in The Matrix he is always look out and he wanted the best for his group.  Teachers always try to lead their students in the right spot and see things clearly.   In the end Neo comes out as a hero because Morpheus fills him with confidence that he can do anything and he is the one who can do it. 

Also we can say that The Matrix is based on Plato’s allegory.  The movie is about people who are catching unawares in The Matrix and these people are like the people in the cave.  According to the movie people can see what the machines want them to see and they believe that they can see reality as it really is.  They are following their senses which exist.  Neo believe that all this is a lie but he can not be sure about it and he is not sure how the Matrix works.   Morpheus believes that Neo is the person who has been foreseen by the Oracle to be able to defeat the Matrix.   In the allegory of the cave Plato says a cave in which people have been kept prisoner since birth.  These people can not see the truth and the reality and they can see only straight and not behind. The only thing that they can see through the wall is shadows in the shape of people, animals and trees.   They can not see anything else except from shadows and they believe these shadows constitute the real world.  After a prisoner escape (Platos) and he realize the real world is actually an elaborate set of shadows, which free people create statues and the light from a fire.  In the end he realized that the real world is not the shadows.  Now he sees the world different, but he has difficult time adjusting his eyes to the bright light of the sun, but eventually he does.  Also he must return to the cave and try to teach others what he knows and explain to them what reality is.  Neo is pulled from a kind of cave in The Matrix when he realizes the real world for first time.  Neo thought was real is only an illusion like in the allegory of the cave.  Plato insists that those who free themselves and come to perceive reality have a duty to return and teach others, and this holds true in the Matrix films as well, as Neo takes it upon himself to save humanity from widespread ignorance and acceptance of a false reality.

Finally, sometimes we do not want to admit that other new things exits in life that might be good and we are secure and comfortable in our surroundings.  People do not want to take risks, until reality kicks in and we learn differently.   Life is good outside of the “cave.”

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essay #1

After I saw the movie "The Matrix," I started thinking how this movie can be based on the Greek mythology.  In Greek mythology there is a God named Morpheus who is the God of dreams. Morpheus sends images of humans in dreams or visions, and he is responsible for shaping dreams, or giving shape to the beings that inhabit dreams and manipulate reality.  Also we can say that the movie, "The Matrix",  is based on Allegory of The Cave which Socrates and Plato are discussing what real is and not.  Also when Socrates’ visit to the oracle of Delphi, and Socrates said that he knew nothing and Oracle said that he was the wisest man on earth, but the end Socrates understood her ironing meaning.  Neo is Socrates, who is willing to admit to his own ignorance, and the Oracle in the Matrix films maintains her confidence in him and his abilities despite his often-visible confusion and doubt.  

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The Allegory of the Cave is a dialogue between Socrates who is philosopher and the Glaucon who is student and his friend.  Socrates is trying to convince Glaucon that for people who is in the cave the world is not like a shadow and it is totally different.  Socrates told to Glaucon to imagine that now is the reality and what you were before was a lie or an illusion but Glaucon had a different opinion about reality.  People who lives in the cave, they refuse reality.  At the end Glaucon accepted the reality and he feels sorry for the other people who live in the cave and he wants to help them.  Also there is allegory about Glaucon, if you see knowledge and you want let them know about the reality, maybe is going to cost you. 

 The main idea of the Allegory of the Cave is when someone lives in the cave or in the prison and he/she doesn’t has an idea about life or how it is outside, he/she refuses to believe what life is and they think that everything is a shadow.  If someone lives in the cave it is difficult to accept the reality because they have no idea what outside life is.  

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One of the many situations in life where people live an illusion or refuse to accept the truth was the Nongqawuse was the teenage who triggered the Xhosa Cattle Killings of 1857-58, she was the niece of a prophet.  One day, Nongqawuse and one of her friend went near the Gxarha River and she had an illusion/vision from three of her ancestors who said that the Xhosa people should kill their cattle and destroy their crop.  That was the source of the wealth for Xhosa people.  In return the spirits would sweep the British Settles into the sea and they would be able to have healthier and more beautiful cattle.   Nongqawuse arrested near the Mbashe River and imprisoned on Robben Island, near Cape Town.  After many years she was returned to the Eastern Cape and held under a false name, she was the target of death threats by Xhosa who had suffered as a result of the Cattle Killing.  Also she claimed that the ancestors had called on Xhosa leaders to create a new beginning for their people. This, the ancestors said, could only be done by wiping out the old, and that meant killing the remaining cattle.  Today the story about Nongqawuse the cattle-killing is still a source of great pain. Some of the elders and chiefs within the Xhosa community belied that sir George Grey himself, or his agents were in fact the people who spoke Nongqawuse from the pool and thus instigated the tragedy that followed.  While most of the scholars agree that this is doubtful there is probably indirect truth in the allegation.  People did not believe Nongqawuse who saw her ancestors and they did not follow what her ancestors and they had all this pain. 

blog 3 How do we know what is real?

When we little child our parents used to advise us and tell us story about everything in life but when we are growing up we understand that some things are not true.  My parents used to tell me a lot of things that now I realized that is not true.

First of all, as a child I believed that there is a Santa Clause until I saw my father putting my Christmas gifts under the tree.  I was very sad and I could not believe that wasn’t real and I didn’t say anything to my parents thought.   When I was 16 years old my parents told me that there is not Santa Clause and I didn’t say anything because I realized it before they say anything and I could say anything because I was teenager.  I was sad because they say lies to me but when I was growing up I realized that every parent tells to their children the same thing. 

When I was growing up my tooth getting off and my mother always was telling me “Elena before you sleep but your teeth under your pillow and the tooth fairy will give you money.”  I was so happy about the tooth fairy and I always push my teeth out.  One night, when I was 14 years old I put my tooth under my pillow and I used to get up and use the bathroom sometimes.   So that night I woke up and I saw my mother putting money next to my bed and I asked what she was doing and she said nothing go back to sleep.  The next day I woke up and I found money but I didn’t believe that was the tooth fairy because I saw my mother putting money.  I spoke to my brother about tooth fairy and he told me that they did the same thing to him when he was little.  Finally I learnt from my brother that there is not tooth fairy like no Santa. 

As a conclusion, I am 23 years old and I didn’t get it why parents has to tell lies about everything when we were little kids.  Hopefully, when I will be mother I will not tell my kids this stuff about Santa, tooth fairy or superman or Spiderman because all these stuff are an illusion and lies.  You never can see them or touch them or being like them. 

bog 2 the allegory of the cave

The Allegory of The Cave was a conversation between Socrates (philosopher, teacher) and Glaucon (student).   Socrates tried to explain to Glaucon that for people who live in the cave, the world is a shadow.  Also he tried to convince him to imagine that now is the reality and what before in the cave was an illusion or a lie.  Glaucon has a different idea about reality and he refuses the reality.  He believes that reality is a shadow and nothing else because he was living in a cave and he was used to it.  But when he came out of the cave after long time he realized that Socrates was right.  Now Glaucon feels sorry for the other people who live in the cave and he wants to help them.  The allegory of the cave is to warn you, and if you going to warn them about reality maybe is going to cost you. Sometimes for these people it’s hard for them to accept the truth and take in something different in their lives, because they were used to their surroundings and those were the only one they knew.  

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Every people have private self and public self.  Between private self and public self there are some differences.  Personal I do have private self and public self and there are two different things.  There is nothing in common between each other. 

           

First of all, my private self is only for me when I am home with by myself and it is something that I am not sharing with no one.  When I am alone, only myself, sometimes I am acting like old lady and sometimes like little child.  When I am by myself I am sitting down reading my favorite book and analyzing it because I love reading books and analyzing it.  If I am upset sometimes I am thinking why I got upset and I have little conversation with Elena trying to understand why I got mad or upset.  Another thing that I am doing during when I am alone is listening to my favorite music, which is Greek because only with music I can relax.  Another thing is when I am eating like little child and sometimes like a man and not like a lady because no one is around me to watch me and judge me.  Also, a lot of time I am catching my self thinking about my day what I do stupid things or bad things, if I hurt someone or if I was a good person and if I wasn’t I am trying to understand what I do wrong and trying to being better person the next day, because next day is a new beginning for every person.  Also I am very sensitive and I am trying to not show it outside and I am keeping that about myself.  I can say that I am a person that I judge people from the way they are doing something wrong and how they dressed up but only when I am by myself and I am not talking with no one about these.  I am keeping that about myself only. 

Therefore, about my public is when I am around of people, sometimes at work sometimes at school.  Around of people I am different.  What I mean?  We know that everybody acting different around people so is I.  I am trying to be polite and gentle especially at work with customers and with my boss.  At school I am trying to be on time and be polite also with my professors and doing my homework or doing good on tests.  With my friends I am always having fun and we are having good times.  Especially I am the entertainment, I have humor what my friends says all the time.  I am making sure that everybody is happy around me especially when I am with good friends or with my family.  I am always with a big smile on and trying keeping every problem away until I get home.  When I am with people that I first met I am always polite and I am not talking too much because I want to give good impression, and then when I will know them better I am trying to be like I am with my friends and my family.   I love meet new people from different countries because I am the person who wants to know everything.  Also when I know that someone is a good person I don’t have problems to help him/her and gives everything. Also I am a person who loves going out, clubbing and do different things everyday. 

I think having your own private self and public self is very good advantage of you, because you don’t want other people knows about your private self how you are when you are alone or how you think.  Sometimes it is normal to not want to share all your staff and problems with other people and it is better to keep them for you.   

As a conclusion, everybody has private self and public self, as am I.  It’s impossible to have only public self or only private self.  Keeping some staff only for your self or pass some time with yourself helps you to understand how you for real.