Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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When Truman finally exits Seahaven, what do you think it is that he expects to find on the other side of the door?

Unknowingly Truman has lived his entire life in the media spotlight. This exposure has unfortunately made Truman just as famous outside the protective walls of Seahaven as he is on the manufactured island. As he ventures out in the “real” world for the first time, thirty years into his life he will notice many similarities with the televised life he once lived.
With Truman being the first human adopted by a corporation he was already well known to the entire world before he took his first breath, and with every following breath he became more famous. From the moment he steps out of Seahaven he will always be followed by cameras, only this time they will be visible. Complete strangers will still know his name and more about his life and him than he possibly knows. With him being the biggest star on television for thirty years there are people who grew up with him and only see him as a television star rather than a normal person. The difference with the outside world is that this world doesn’t revolve around Truman nor does it begin or reset as he awakes. Being lied to his entire life by people that he thought loved him or were his friends has only made him vulnerable and possibly paranoid, not good characteristics to start out in this new world with….. blah blah blah

1 comment:

  1. I agree, it is amazing how Truman was adopted by the corperation. The life Truman will live after seceding from Seahaven will B a hectic one because of all the people that know him, but that he doesnt know. By knowing a little bit about Socrates story, I know that Truman is like " the one" (kinda). At the end when he raelized people were just lying to him, and he concoured his fears by fleeing on the boat, it was like he was going for the truth. It takes trials and tribulations to get to place of self truth (socrates refrence) and he went through that storm(symbolic) and still managed to reached the door, to find the truth. You answered that question well, I was kinda confused what to write for that but you nailed it.

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