Choose one of the quotes to write an essay of between 500 and 650 words. Your
essay should be an analysis of the quote, its meaning and its place in the movie.
QUOTES FROM THE MOVIE THE MATRIX
• "Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.
• "What is "real"? How do you define "real"?"
• "I’m trying to free your mind, Neo. But I can only show you the door. You’re
the one that has to walk through it."
• "Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if
you were unable to wake from that dream, Neo? How would you know the
difference between the dream world and the real world? "
• "What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire
life, that there’s something wrong with the world. You don’t know what it is, but
it’s there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad."
• “This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the
blue pill – the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want
to believe. You take the red pill – you stay in Wonderland and I show you how
deep the rabbit-hole goes.”
• “The Matrix is everywhere. It’s all around us, even in this very room. You
can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television.
You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to work, when you pay your
taxes. The Matrix is the world that has been pulled over your eyes, to blind you
from the truth. That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into
bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison…for
your mind”
• "Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it
for yourself."
• Neo: “Why do my eyes hurt?” Morpheus: “You’ve never used them before.
“
• Neo: “What is The Matrix?” Morpheus: “Control. The Matrix is a computergenerated
dream world, built to keep us under control in order to change a
human being into this. Morpheus holds up a battery to Neo.
• "If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then ‘real’ is simply
electrical signals interpreted by your brain."
• "The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you’re
inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers,
carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do,
these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You
have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And
many of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will
fight to protect it."
