Why The Animatrix Does NOT glorify suicide

I feel many people missed the  point of that one Animatrix short (forgive me but I can't remember the name, though I'm sure everyone knows which one I'm referring to). Many people expressed concerns with the fact that the main character exited the Matrix by committing  suicide, and the fact that this was followed up with a scene of his funeral. People felt this was problematic and insensitive, but I completely disagree. The point wasn't to say "suicide is a way to escape", because the kid ISN'T dead. However he IS dead to the people living in the Matrix. The conformists. He took a leap of faith, did something dangerous, something against the grain of society, and society "killed" him for it. The short is about rebellion and conformity, and how there is no place for rebels in a conformist world. The point isn't to commit suicide, it's to take a chance. 

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  1. UnknownNovember 14, 2018 at 8:37 PM

    I agree with your point, I don't believe the suicide was "glorified" in any way but the funeral was used as a way for the people in the matrix to justify his death and rationalize they're own decisions to remain ignorant/conform.

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  2. UnknownNovember 15, 2018 at 7:22 AM


    I couldn't agree more. I didn't think this was "a way out" but rather what you said, it's about rebelling. Since this is the matrix I think people were forgetting the idea of that and just jumped to assumptions that this was being glorified without considering the other aspects of the film.

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