The Truman Show

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The Truman Show: Reflective Essay Questions 1. Truman’s world was a controlled, safe and influenced environment. It was controlled because it was in an entire city separated from the rest of society; safe because everyone knew Truman and was able to protect him. The police officers were always around and cars immediately stopped when Truman was in the middle of the road. His world was influenced because the producers and crew members created situations that they wanted Truman to experience such as when his “dad” died in the storm and his marriage. Truman’s world is more desirable than the “real” world because there is no “fight” to find a place in society, you simply just fit in somewhere, and life is simpler. 2. Truman has a desk job in an insurance company. Truman may have this job because it keeps him in a controlled and limited setting. His job reinforces and reflects his fears because he is unable to go anywhere. Sitting behind a desk forced to do paperwork and not being able to do anything but that. He is trapped and cannot “explore.” 3. Three specific clues that Truman’s world is an illusion is the continuous routine of all the extras on the show, people take away his father and Lauren, and before it started down pouring, the rain was only raining on him and nothing else. The point at which Truman realizes that things are not as they appear is when he sees the inside of the elevator and there is no back and there are people behind it. He also notices something is not right when his car radio picked up the frequency for the casting crew to locate Truman. 4. Truman’s increasingly anxious and in some cases violent behavior is accounts of strange things happening and every time he tells someone he truly trusts, they dismiss it as though he made it up. The reaction Truman illustrates is that of a not “sane” person. Sane people do not sit in their cars watching

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