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    inspiration from the questioning of prominent philosophers from Plato to Descartes. The two films that will be analysed in support of this claim are The Matrix (Wachowski Bros, 1999) and Inception (Nolan 2010), both having common philosophical roots in the commentary they provide on the human concept of reality. The Wachowski Bros’ 1999 sci-fi action film The Matrix has clear philosophical influence in both the nature of its plot and more directly in the dialogue between

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    The Allegory of the Cave

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    Plato was a student of the great philosopher of Socrates and went on to become a very influential figure in classical Greek philosophy. Plato went on to write the Republic where he sets out to answer many question such as; what is justice, why does man follow the law, and how do implications of society affect our behavior. The most interesting topic from the Republic is from Book VII, the allegory of the cave. With the allegory of the cave Plato gives us the power to break the chains that bind us

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    and what is simply illusion brought by our subjective view of the world? But when attempting to understand the nature of our existence, about why we are here, the complexities of life often make it difficult to interpret this subject. The film The Matrix centers on this same concept that the known world is an illusion. The movies core theme of reality and illusion is definite to the humans understanding of what the true meaning of life is. Ones

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    Realities Two Way Street

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    brother’s The Matrix through universes, similar to our own, where people are in strong states of illusion and ignorance. Both have a character, which is brought to the “light” to realize this false reality and to liberate everyone else to a better reality, the “real” reality. Situations can arise where having knowledge of it can seem detrimental, however, our very existence as human beings is to live a life of bettering ourselves and the species in general through knowledge both

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    The Matrix and the Allegory of the Cave focus on one central idea: What is real?. They engage the audience in a fictional world where people live in false realities without knowing it. They make us question our own knowledge. Their storylines connect in that the protagonist discovers that everything he knows is a big lie and now he must discover the truth. The protagonist is thrown all of the sudden into the real world and then, he continues to seek the absolute truth. Neo and the prisoner inquire

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    Some of the most obvious examples of mythological allegory in The Matrix are associated with the characters themselves. Mythological allegory pointing to Christianity is undeniable in the character and activities of Neo. His given name is Thomas A. Anderson. Thomas is also the name of Jesus’ disciple who tended to doubt; thus the cultural nickname, “Doubting Thomas”. Neo doubted everyone and seemingly each situation he encountered; he especially doubted his role as The One. His surname, Anderson

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    Equalizer: More structured to more open because student that are gifted or have more of a understanding of word problem will be able to fill in their own matrix and provide their own suggestion in order to create a word problem. The student that need more support will work in groups to provide suggestion to the teacher, then teacher will guide the student on which components they are choosing in correspondence to the number they roll with the dice. Simple to complex because students can make their

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    SCALABLE GRAPH BASED AND RANKING COMPUTATION WEB IMAGE SEARCH A.Jainabee#1,R.Shobanadevi#1,K.Suganya#1.S.Indhumathi#2. Computer Science and Engineering. Bharathiyar Institute of Engineering for women.Deiyakurichi. Jainabspm93@gmail.com Assistant professor of Information technology. Indhubtech11@gmail.com Abstract—Graph-based grade model have been at length functional in in order repossession area. In this paper, we heart on a well recognized graph-based model - the place on statistics

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    of everything that is wrong and bad in the world since people are unable to see the truth. If people start breaking free from ignorance, mankind will become happier and more transparent. In the short story, “Allegory of The Cave” by Plato and The Matrix by the Wachowskis, they portray the idea that in order to gain enlightenment, one must break free from ignorance; which opens himself to knowledge; this new truth must then be shared with others for the good of mankind. The cave dweller and Neo both

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    it transforms from a company with only domestically located activities to have offshored most of its production to a number of foreign locations? 2. Discuss the problematic introduction of the matrix structure. Why can matrix structures be problematic in large organizations? What could have made the matrix structure more successful? 3. The case illustrates how Coloplast reconfigured its organization from being only domestically located to become truly multinational. What are the organizational consequences

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