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For this discussion, you’re going to identify and analyze the messages that you find in the popular film The Matrix. Why watch a popular film? Because our popular films can really tell us a lot about ourselves and our society. This film does a very good job of voicing a lot of the concerns we have about our transforming lives. For this exercise, you’re only required to watch the first half hour of the film, though you’re welcome to watch the whole thing. During this half-hour, be sure to pay careful attention to what the film is saying about self and society. It’s easy to get lost in the film, as it is compelling and entertaining, so take care to maintain some reflective and reflexive distance, and watch to see what it tells you about our our modern (and postmodern) concerns.
1. In one sentence each (for a total of 5 sentences), list 5 messages that the film is giving you about our modern and postmodern concerns.
I’ll start you off with one message, which you hear again and again about Neo: You are SPECIAL! You are THE ONE! (See how that resonates with the millennial state of mind?)
You’re going to develop each sentence into a paragraph, following the below instructions.
2. After each of your 5 sentences, list the evidence the film gives for that message.
3. For each of your 5 sentences + evidence, quote and properly cite relevant course readings to support your point.
Each of your 5 paragraphs should end up about 75-100 words long.
4. What is an interesting question on this topic to guide discussion in this week’s forum?
Your initial post should be about 500 words long.
For relevant course readings you can use IGEN, the pdf uploaded and the youtube video. For the Pdf labeled IGEN that’s a book that I had to put a google doc for you to access. it’s pages 49-63. Middle of chapter three to beginning of chapter 4. If you use it just cite Twenge since there are no accurate page numbers
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