Truman Show

Truman Burbank's life was aired to the world since he was a baby. Everything he was surrounded by was arranged. The people in his life were chosen, the path that he took was forced and everything that occurred in his life was broadcasted by hidden cameras. The life that he was living in Seahaven was not a real life. He may have believed it to be real but his life could have been completely different if they let him live it by making his own decisions.

In the movie there are many examples of how his decisions are forced. During his schooling he had an interest in a girl in his class. The producers and actors of the show ensured that they did not have the opportunity to see each other. Any time they came close to one another someone rushed in and took her away. The producers of the show had a relationship and a marriage arranged for him, so they did everything in their power to make him fall in love with the one they chose and they did everything in their power to keep him away from other women.

As well as the types of women he dated there were many other things that were influenced in his life. Every event in his life was planned. The producers controlled everything in his day to day life, from something as small as the weather to something as large as the loss and reuniting of his father. Although everything was controlled there were some things were real. The memories he has and the emotions he felt were real. He still experienced the things that normal people did and he was unaware that these things were being decided for him by a producer. He also feels as though his life and the relationships he has are real.

Truman was betrayed because his whole life he was being controlled and watched by people all over the world. He didn't find out about it until he was in his thirties, well into his life and it took him until this age to find out who he really was. He was determined to know things about his -self that no one in his life was willing to tell him. His life was full of secrets and that is not a real life.