Fences

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The Problem is Choice….

In the movie “ The Matrix”, the main character, Neo, discovers the world he’s been living in his entire life is nothing but a neural interactive simulation, otherwise known as the Matrix. He learns from the man that freed him, Morpheus, that reason for the matrix is so Machines that can use human’s bioelectric energy for a source of power, and to keep them under control. Once this is exposed to him, he rejects this without question. Neo cannot come to grips with the fact that life as the way he knew it never existed. Also one of the matters revealed later in the sequel is that the problem inherit to the programming of the Matrix is choice. No matter what happens in the Matrix, humans will not accept the program unless they are given a choice, even if they were aware of the choice at any unconscious level. In other words, if events in their “life” were just causes and effects with no choices involved, they will not believe it is real, and will therefore reject the program presented to them, the Matrix. Although this movie does not exactly parallel with August Wilson’s play Fences; one important idea that both works have in common is the idea that conflict could result when one is faced with choice. Troy Maxson, the main character in Fences, exemplifies this statement because his choices throughout the play have a direct effect on everyone around him. These choices, and ultimately his own choice regarding his attitude in life, prove to be his downfall. Everything Troy chooses to do regarding to his life and family is definitely influenced by the experiences he has gone through in his life. Troy never seems to be aware that times are changing around him, and as a result, it seems like while everyone else is maturing and changing; Troy seems to be moving backward and stuck in past times. Troys choices really cause tribulations throughout the play for him and his family; and are directly derived by...