Would you take the blue pill or the red pill? Would you rather live in blissful ignorance or find out the truth of the world we live in? In the Matrix, Neo has to make this decision and without a long hesitation, he chooses the red pill. I understand why he would want to take the red pill. The red pill is a representation of curiosity. Neo as shown in the movie seems like he has nothing to lose. He isn’t portrayed as having a family or friends or living happily. Along with curiosity and his lack of connection to the world he is in now there is the idea of temptation. The red pill is enticing and promises adventure and is also a way for Neo to get his questions answered. The blue pill would be taken if Neo was content with his life and did not want to change his life. In addition, if he preferred to live in innocence and go back to almost being like a child, protected and obliviously to the dangers and realities of the world, he would take the red pill. If he at all feared what his life would be like if he decided to run with Morpheus he would also choose the red pill. While Neo takes the red pill and is swept up into a life with adventure and action, I would choose the blue pill. I would want to live in the same world I am now and “believe whatever I want to believe.” In one way the blue pill is an avoidance of pain and reality. Everyday we are given the choice between the red pill and the blue pill. We can become informed citizens and read the newspaper, listen to the radio, and watch the news and know what is happening in the world in terms of like war, natural disasters, political conflicts, famine, and economic problems or we could take the blue pill and not be informed of any real world issues. The blue pill lets us live in complete ignorance and innocence and it is a choice we have to make everyday.