An Analysis Of Truman's False Reality

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During truman's life in his fake reality he discovers many lies about his world. Truman wanted to explore the world as a child. He wanted to discover the world unknowingly that he was held by a cooperation for a daily movie or tv show in the fake world that he lives in. He wanted to fly to a place for vacation only to realize that “He who controls the past, controls the future.” Many of the people in Truman's world are actors apart of the movie and have seen what reality is. Truman's dream of the future was to travel the world when he was in control of his past at a young age. Truman has yet to realize that the person who really is in control of the past is in control of his future. He has also yet to realize that if you control the

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