Thomas Anderson The Matrix

It s an anagram for one as in the one who will save humanity and also means new as in the new freshly born person now aware of the.

Thomas anderson the matrix. A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. Neo was born as one of the billions of blue pills connected to the. Neo born thomas a. Andrew bowen provided neo s voice in the matrix.

With keanu reeves laurence fishburne carrie anne moss hugo weaving. Anderson program writer for a respectable software company. Even neo s matrix name thomas anderson suggests a parallel with christ. Anderson literally means son of man a phrase used to describe christ in the gospels.

Thomas suggests the new testament figure of the disciple thomas who won t believe in christ s resurrection until he sees proof with his own eyes. You have a social security number you pay your taxes and you dramatic pause help your. Prophesized by the oracle to be the one he is set out on a course to free humanity from the matrix and end the machine war. Neo born as thomas a.

Anderson the main protagonist of the matrix franchise is a redpill rescued by morpheus and the crew of the nebuchadnezzar. He is portrayed in the matrix franchise by keanu reeves. When computer programmer thomas anderson under the hacker alias neo uncovers the truth he is drawn into a rebellion against the machines along with other people who have been freed from the matrix. Neo thomas anderson neo has a couple of meanings.

The matrix is an example of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction.