MYTHOS: The Matrix Challenge

  The Matrix Challenge: Red pill or Blue pill? Make your case based on the film and its legacy, including Kurt Andersen's argument about the role it played in the formation of the "fantasy-industrial complex." ((4 ythos: Is The Matrix propaganda for guns and violence? Logos: What are facts on the 2nd Amendment and gun control policies? Pathos: Pro- Gim Passion vs. Compassion for victims? Ethos: What gun policies shall we advocate/vote for?) MYTHOS 1: Plato's Allegory of the Cave & the American Mindset Fa ntasyland, Part I: Chapters 1-8, pp. 1-112; AND Chapter 42 "Gun Crazy" (379-388), and Conclusion, (390-400). Watch for Cultural Context: The Matrix (1999) r' How did the "American Mindset" change in the early 2000s? How does "The Matrix" figure in that shift?