Matrix essay ideas

So yesterday on October the 17th we finished watching the matrix. After the matrix we were supposed to think of two ideas that we could use to write our essays. So I was thinking about a few and one I am really looking into is how is religion tied into the matrix. It amazed me that so many religious and Biblical things were in the matrix. I think that I would find a lot about why they used so many religious concepts and ideas and I am interested in knowing why this was done. Another Idea that I was thinking about was are some people awake in the society that we live in today? I believe that people today have seen many things that a lot of people wouldn't be able to handle or bare. Are these people who have seen it all awake and know what is really going on? I may refine my ideas to a little narrower path but I am definitely use one of these ideas.