Reality In Brave New World

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Reality is a main concept used in the film The Matrix as well in the novel Brave New World, as both involve some tension where the real world seems impossible compare to the world that is live in the moment. One of the main question is what is reality? Stated from Morpheus from the film “If you're talking about your senses, what you feel, taste, smell, or see, then all you're talking about are electrical signals interpreted by your brain.” the brain is not able to tell the difference until it is seen and explain to it.
In the beginning of the film The Matrix, Neo struggles to accept the reality of the world in which he lives in is a program using humans as the power source to keep it going. And is an understandable concept since Neo has been

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