The Matrix Choices Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from The Matrix.

Quote #4

ORACLE: I'd ask you to sit down, but you're not going to anyway.

Does Neo have a choice here? The Oracle knows the future, meaning she knows what's going to happen. But she never gave Neo a choice, so how does she know how he would have reacted in a world in which she did give him a choice? It's strange when she displays this kind of control over his decision making with a simple thing like sitting down. But, when it comes to slightly more important things, like his identity as The One, she actually lets him proclaim his own future. She's a tricky one, that Oracle.

Quote #5

ORACLE: You're going to have to make a choice. In the one hand you'll have Morpheus' life, and in the other hand, you'll have your own. One of you is going to die. Which one, will be up to you.

Actually, that's a lie. Neither of them die. Well, they probably do eventually. Who knows how good Zion healthcare is. The Oracle says this to influence Neo to make a choice. She is controlling him with her knowledge of the future, not necessarily prophesying. The real question is, does this mean Neo has more or less control over his own life than he realizes?