Berger stresses the function of the art historian, the good caretaker of art and its matching history that is similar to Wachowki’s agent smith who works to enable the myth of confusion through the matrix itself. The despotic upper class hence continues to influence history through art. Hence, the masses are not only excluded from understanding underlying meaning but fall short of recognizing the cultural entitlement and anthropological content within its meaning and history. According to the way of seeing, the reproduction of art misrepresents its inherent traits by giving a one-sided perception of the world through the eyes of the artist, and that the holiness adjoining the art makes it unreachable to the masses (Berger 12). In the film, Cypher is a traitor of the struggle while agent smith is the program’s epitome of the challenger, tasked with enforcing the law of the matrix. In this manner, The Matrix and “Ways of Seeing” portray the human society to exist in a virtual reality where they have no control over the course of their life, but are tailored to conform to the expectations of the ruling class, man or machine. A similar lack of control over the progress of their life is elaborated in John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing.” In this article, he outlines a society that is excluded from the realities of the world by the upper class, a fete achieved by the manipulation of history via art. Neo symbolizes the messianic character while Morpheus is both the leader and messenger of the struggle alongside the matrix. However, the matrix is a synthetic scenario that involves human existence symbolized to represent community subordination contrary to the ruling class or resist. In The matrix, human society is represented as a computer-generated reality which is cultivated to harness and produce energy for computer-generated intelligence. The matrix contains elements of mythology, symbolism, psychology, and philosophy, features which are used to challenge the supremacy of technology in our culture as well as foresee apocalyptic outcome from the use of artificial intelligence. Comparison of Themes in the Matrix and Ways of Seeing
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