n up all hope. Now that Morpheus was in the hands of the Agents, Neo took charge of what would happen next. He planned a rescue to save Morpheus before he had to be terminated to protect the secret of the human city Zion. Seger also illustrates this assuming of leadership by the hero (311). Nearing the end of this journey to being the larger than life, or according to Seger mythical, hero who is remembered in people’s hearts is the last obstacle and chase scene (311). After the rescue of Morpheus, and the escape of Morpheus and Trinity, Neo is trapped in a subway left alone to fight an Agent. After a battle to the death, Neo emerges triumphant, or so he thought. After the Agent returns from a run in with a subway train, Neo decides to run. His destination, the nearest exit from the matrix, his obstacle, all the Agents hell-bent on filling him with holes. Lastly, Neo is finally surprised in a doorway and gunned down by an Agent, but following Seger’s process, Neo is reborn. Upon his rebirth he realizes his true control over the matrix and promptly halts a volley of bullets from the now dissatisfied Agents. This is the process, which Seger believes makes a true mythic hero, The Matrix very closely parallels this concept and creates the mythical, and larger than life hero, Neo. Another article relevant to this movie would be Kevin Jenning’s article “American Dreams.” This is based upon how the author tried to chased down the American dream and let it rule his life. He was so dead set on achieving this dream he let it get in the way of who he really was. This relates to the hero Neo in The Matrix because Neo for a time tried to deny that he really did have something besides just a bland little reality. He failed to see that he was more than what he thought he was, and after he dealt with the fact that his life had just changed radically, he aspired to be a warrior and a hero to take a stand against evil. It is ...
