Joy

The word Joy to me means that any person or being who is currently satisfied with their present situation in life is joyous. It's a suttle feeling of satisfaction within that isn't obviously seen by the public but can be seen by close friends or family. It's not an excited or overly expressive feeling but you yourself know the that you are truly happy or content in your current situation. When im joyful i am in a certain mood where I feel pleased with my life at the time and its hard to bring my mood down or up because I'm at a point of satisfaction where I don't want to sway in mood. I chose the picture of Siddartha because in my mind he is one of the only people who truly reached a point of eternal satisfaction in his life. Through life experience and hardship Siddartha overcame the materialistic values of society and found a point of enlightenment. To me he is the definition of "joy" because he was at a constant state of peace with himself and thats what being joyous truly means to me.

The cave & The matrix

In The Allegory of the cave, the famous Greek philosopher, Plato, describes the world people live in as a cave with a long entrance to the light. He says that people are born with necks and legs fettered, so that they can only see and walk in one direction which is opposite of the light shining into the cave. So basically they are unable to reach the light that tempts them at the entrance of the cave. I believe Plato is saying that people are born into a society that has set boundaries and limits that hinder people from reaching outside of the box. All people have the light within their sights but cannot break the barriers that limit them from reaching a new sense of enlightenment. In the matrix, there lies the same problem that Plato describes but in a more modern and technological sense. Society in the matrix is shown as a computer program that peoples minds are trapped in whereas in Plato's essay he describes society as a cave that people are also trapped in. Both The Matrix and The Cave are very similar to each other but differ in a sense of technological and modern advancement of society. The picture of the cave with light streaming in at the entrance very clearly shows Plato's idea of society as the cave that people are trapped in. My next picture is a scene from the Matrix that shows Humans being used as a battery source to power the machine world they live in. Both pictures are symbolic in showing how people are trapped in the limitations of society,.