In the first movie, Neo visits a mysterious character called The Oracle (Gloria Foster) — who's later revealed to be a sapient part of the Matrix itself — and is subtly inspired to become The ...

Self-knowledge isn’t given—it is realized. To know oneself is to see beyond illusions, to act with awareness, and to care for ...

Twenty-six years since its debut, The Matrix stands as an all-time classic of sci-fi, action, martial arts, and innumerable ...

But what makes The Matrix shine is in its narrative structure, specifically the journey the Keanu Reaves' character Thomas Anderson goes through to become Neo, the chosen one. To better understand ...

Spoiler: Neo chooses the red pill. He wakes up naked, hairless and afraid in a flotation tank, is rescued by other Matrix escapees, and “is drawn into a rebellion against the machines”.