After the movie Matrix, we were asked one question: was the main character in a dream the whole time in order to prove himself that he was a hero? The movie asked a lot of other questions. Is our life a dream? Can our society be so ridged that it acts as a cage upon our free spirit? Can we break out of this cycle to live a “freer” life?

While I feel as though I should be scared about these life questioning questions, I really am not.

Even if our life is a dream, we should still live it fully. Unless we get a trigger that senses that there is a world out there, unless someone offers us the pill to learn the truth, we should always try to life our life to the fullest under the current constraints. By saying that there isn’t a point in doing anything because the world we live in isn’t the real one, it doesn’t make your dream fulfilling.

However, I think the question we should ask is how to live our life to the fullest. Since we only know this life of ours, we should life it to the fullest. That means questioning what is holding us back from our full potential. In this way the movie actually teaches some very valuable life advices. For example, when Neo is learning to jump and the advice is that unless he completely believes it, he won’t be able to do it. Unless we completely believe we can accomplish our goals, the goals will always just be dreams. It is also important to look at life and try to look at the possibilities it can bring beyond the day to day grind, to look at see what potential it can bring. Perhaps the money of structure and materialistic achievements isn’t everything.

The key that the Matrix taught us is to live your dream to the fullest but also understand how you can break out of the dream.