Manipulation In The Truman Show

The Truman Show is about reality and manipulation. Peter Weir shows that we accept the reality (to a certain point) of the world with which we’re presented. Starting in the womb, Truman was broadcast to millions of people. At one point in the movie, Truman looks back on pictures from his past. The audience can clearly tell that they are edited and he even is in a clown costume. That is symbolism of how they are exposing him and taking advantage of him. Just a clown in a cage, oblivious to what they are actually doing to him. One Christmas morning, a man popped out of a large box to say that he was on T.V. Of course his mom picked him up and took him out of the room because God forbid Truman finds out the truth. They want to keep him in on their “little game” forever. He doesn’t have a clue, so why should they tell him the truth now? …show more content…
Truman tells his teacher that he wants to be an explorer, but she tells him that there is nothing left to explore. Now that is obviously not true. She just said that because they don’t want him leaving the island. That is sad. Manipulating him to think that there is nothing left in the world to discover. That kills his imagination. Truman’s dad “died” in the ocean, which made him afraid of the water. Yet again, manipulating him into thinking what they want him to because if he wasn’t afraid of water he could easily sail out and hit the edge (The literal edge, like, run into the wall) of Seahaven. Truman’s curiosity caused him to get manipulated even