In Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," prisoners are bound with chains since childhood yet completely unaware of this reality. They become conditioned to the shadows displayed on the walls and never see the true objects which form the shadow. In essence, they are limited to a projection of reality. Similarly, in The Matrix, within the person of the virtual world is a simulation of the world at a particular point in history. In both stories, the persons remain unaware of their dreadful state. Plato's work is his support for rational foundationalism, arguing coherency to the senses, believing that faith is the underling factor of rationality. Because our knowledge is based on our belief, it is impossible to guarantee what we are perceiving is actually reality. His argument claims we are prisoners to our senses. This work echo's the later work of Descartes. The Matrix remains at the forefront of modern entertainment as a vehicle to communicate Plato's argument. In Plato's allegory of the cave, the prisoners watch shadows on the walls. Their whole lives they are brought up to understand the shapes to be reality “never seeing the puppeteers who cast the shadows." This is the only truth they know. However, in The Matrix, it is not shadows on the walls but rather a continuous world that exhibits the same characteristics: unaware that their senses are leading them astray. The two works remains vastly similar just with different objects to communicate the same message. Rene Descartes, one of the most famous and quoted philosophers of all time, questioned reality and questioned the reliability of our senses. In his famous piece, Mediations on First Philosophy, Descartes unpacks how our senses play into our perception of reality. He tackles the same subjects the Republic and the Matrix. When dreaming, a person's senses come alive as s/he feels as though s/he is walking, talking, eating, etc. If a person can feel as if s/he is experiencing an ac