Well I've been doing a lot of babysitting this weekend... and I watched Horton Hears a Who with my baby sister at one point.
I read the book as a child, but seeing the Dr. Seuss movie so shortly after watching the Matrix made me realize the parallels. Like Neo, The Mayor of Who-ville had a suspicion that his perception of existence was not necessarily the truth. And, both Neo and Mr. Mayor were right... there was a larger world--an outside force--that was controlling them. While The Whos in Who-ville were in control of their personal actions, any natural occurrence was brought about by Horton's world on the speck of dust. The Matrix, though, was entirely simulated, with no actual free choice. However, once Neo and Mayor discovered the bigger, realer world other than their own, they were never able to return to what they had once believed or lived like, and they were alone in their knowledge of such outward existence.
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Stumbled on your post while doing a search to see Who else connected these two. It is quite a journey to experience previous held beliefs fall at the way side. Any further thoughts or connections as of recently? Have you read any CS Lewis or JRR Tolkein?
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