Right or wrong. Is usually the task billions of people debate on, on a daily basis. Whether it's take public transportation to work or drive or maybe buy one brand of yogurt and not the other, or it can even be more sever situations such as "do I get married?" One thing is for sure and that is that many of the decisions we take on a daily basis can affect us in many ways, now and sometime during the long run. In the case of Neo in the 1999 blockbuster hit "The Matrix" he was given a simple choice but one that will change everything he has known about life in general. It was either to take the blue pill and stay in his current existence or the red pill, to find out the "true" answers he desperately desires to know. Personally I am opposed to Neo's decision in taking the red pill and would have instead taken the blue pill for various reasons. One thing i will never do is trust a stranger into giving me a completely unknown pill. And if taking the red pill is going to change my life completely then I am against that too no to mention leaving family and loved ones behind.
In "The Matrix" Neo is approached by a computer hacker by the name of Morpheus who informs Neo that he knows the answer to which he has been on the search for which is "what is the matrix?" He then proposes to Neo to take the red pill to learn to entire truth or the blue pill and stay living as is. Trusting Morpheus as Neo did would have been a big no to me. How would I know if this guy is trying to kill me, hurt me, or drug me up with this red pill. If anything Morpheus could be lying to me and the pill would drive me to insanity. It's just not moral for someone to randomly consume objects that are unkown to them. Mother always said "don't drink from a cup which is not yours" because you never known and its not worth taking the risk.
I believe Neo took the biggest risk ever in taking the red pill and accepting to change his life forever. Not many people are good at making life changing decisions with the ease that Neo did it in. I am one to not be able to accept a life changing decision like this one. Unlike Neo I am very satisfied with the way my life is going whether it is a lie or not i am very happy. I have a job, going to school part time, have a loving girlfriend along with family and friends who care about me. These are important factors to be satisfied in life with and that is something Neo doesn't possess. Maybe if he did he would highly reconsider making a drastic decision like the one he took.
Eventually it all comes down to the way you see your life and how you value your existence. Many would take the red pill for the adventure as a classmate of mine Gabe said but I believe in the long run of taking this red pill it would come down to haunt you.
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