In the film The Matrix, the human race is forced into a "dream state" by a powerful group that controls its reality. “The Matrix” is a false reality in which people live ordinary lives. However, this reality, or illusion, is imposed on people who willingly accept it as truth. It is with this concept that his argument begins in Friedrich Nietzsche's essay, “On Truth and Lies in the Moral Sense” (1873). Nietzsche begins his argument by explaining that we need to form groups or “herds.” To hold these groups together, “a uniformly valid and binding designation is given to things” (452). This idea essentially boils down to groups creating metaphors to promote the group's goal. Nietzsche goes on to explain that “This creator [of metaphors] only designates the relationship of things to man” (453). Ultimately, we can only derive metaphors from a human perspective. Due to the attribution of these human designations, the entire identity of the “thing” is lost. Nietzsche wants us to break away from the designation given to “things” by groups, because designations only categorize things into black and white. One might object here that if Nietzsche is arguing against the truth, how can this argument be true. Of course, Nietzsche's argument implies that we are "deeply immersed in illusions" (452). But Nietzsche says that truths have lost their meaning over time. What Nietzsche really means is: “Truths are illusions which we have forgotten are illusions; they are metaphors worn out and emptied of their sensual force, coins which have lost their stamping and which are now considered as metal and no longer as coins” (455). The essence of Nietzsche's argument is that a metaphor, over time, loses its meaning. Even middle of paper... Nietzsche's argument may seem trivial, it is in fact crucial in light of current concerns in politics, religion, consumerism and even education. Let's look at the movie The Matrix again. The human race is enslaved by a powerful army of robots. The Matrix, also known as False Reality, is created to keep enslaved humans unaware of what is happening. Finally, the main character, Neo, rejects this illusion called the Matrix; and fights to free himself from slavery. Although somewhat unrealistic, this argument seems to parallel Nietzsche's argument that we are "deeply immersed in illusions." Nietzsche insists that an individual who accepts truths “is like a servant who goes in search of spoils and prey for his master. Conversely, the individual who rejects this illusion “becomes the master and he dares to erase from his face the expression of indigence ».” (461).