[Texaggie79]

Neo is given the spoon as a method of explaining to him that zion is not real but part of the Matrix it's self.

Hows that? Neo is headed off to go INTO the Matrix. The orphan gave him the spoon to remind that he has the power in the Matrix. I'm not saying that I don't think that there could be a matrix within a matrix but I don't see the spoon as anything that refers to that aspect.

[Sentis]

I believe the spoon is nothing more than a filmakers clue as to the reality that Zion isn't. Because he is given the spoon in Zion I saw it as this type of clue nothing more. If the child that could bend the spoon sent it to Neo it means that child is now in Zion. If the child now realizes that Zion is not the real world what better symbol to send Neo than a spoon.