University of Waterloo
Term Paper Assignment:
Understanding The Matrix Through a Sociological Perspective
Mohammed Najarali
20728063
SOC 101
Dr. Svenson
November 27th 2017
Freedom is a concept that today’s society is ignorant toward: sociology brings this
ignorance to life. Freedom is a concept which many people believe present day society has
however, ccontrary to popular belief, social control is silently dominating the current generation.
Berger states, “There is no way of perceiving freedom, either in oneself or in another human
being, except through a subjective inner certainty that dissolves as soon as it is attacked with the
tools of scientific analysis” (Berger, 124). Sociology focuses on the behaviour and actions of
humans, and the concept of freedom intertwines with concerns of social institutions controlling
human behaviour. The Sociological Perspective lens can be applied to examine the movie, “The
Matrix,” effectively since the setting of the movie relates to the idea that modern society lacks
freedom. Since the Artificial Intelligence (AI) took over mankind in the movie, the prison world
which was created to trap human beings into the belief that they were free, was the modern
