I have decided to analyze the film The Matrix by the Wachowski brothers for my research paper. This film is an example of a dystopian society because in the film there is a place where humans percieve their society as the real world, "the matrix." In the matrix, the society of humans are controlled by computers. The humans live a dream their entire life in the matrix. In the actual world humans are grown in huge farms that are watched by the computers. The actual world has eroded and is surrounded by metal and destruction. You can see that the humans are controlled by a totalitarian government by keeping the truth from them.
The theory I felt that would apply to The Matrix is Marxist theory. I have yet to view the film, but with little research on the movie there are examples that lends the film to a Marxist interpretation. One example is that in the beginning of the film, Trinity, a female character, sets the tone for conflict by fighting the agents in black suits who represent the government force.
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