s and will have to pass them and overcome many obstacles in order to defeat the enemy. In the film, Neo is forced to survive outside the incubator, that he has lived in all of his life. He must learn to walk and use his eye, because he has never done these things before. He must learn to fight and bend the rules of the matrix. However, the first time he is put to the test is when Morpheus takes him to see the Oracle and the agents ambush them. Neo makes it out, but Morpheus is captured. This is the perfect set up for the next stage.According to Seger, in the seventh stage, the hero has a “Death experience” and is reborn into a new type of person. In the movie Neo has two of these experiences and in a way is reborn twice. The first time this happens is when Neo takes the red pill and is flushed out of the matrix. Inside, the matrix he was Thomas Anderson, program writer for a software company. Now in the real world he is reborn and takes his chosen name of Neo. The second time he has a death experience, is when him and Morpheus are ambushed they are inside of the walls of an old build trying to escape from the agents. Just as it looks like in is all over for Neo; he just barley escapes from the agents, however Morpheus does not. This moves the story to the next stage. Stage eight, According to Seger, is when the hero takes his/her weapon and treasure, according to Seger “He is now in charge, but he still has not completed the journey.” Now that the hero now has, everything he/she needs it is time for the hero to make his/her way back to safety. During the film, Neo takes possession of many skills that he will need through the rest of his adventure, and his treasure is the knowledge that Morpheus has. Therefore, Neo takes it upon himself to rescue Morpheus. Once this is done, they are on their way back out of the matrix, which is a great setup for stage nine, the escape.As Seger writes in her paper, stage nine is t...
