In our class, we have spent our time discussing and arguing about popular philosophers and their narratives. Narratives which describe us as people and others as thinking things. Regardless of what do we think about ourselves, we all have similarities and ideas where we can meet each other. These similarities being bound to what reality or perspective of reality we have, thus arguing about the similarities where The Truman Show and Plato’s allegory of the cave meet each other.
The goal is to argue about how similar The Truman Show movie is to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, proving that they carry through similar, if not the same, values and symbolism.
The Truman Show movie, Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, tells the story about a child who’s adopted and raised by a corporation inside a simulated television show revolving about his life. An elaborated illusion that takes part within a giant arcological dome in Hollywood, fashioned to create the seaside town of Seahaven Island, and equipped with thousands of cameras to …show more content…
The prisoner could see that the Sun is the cause of everything, and was able to decide that was the authentic, evident reality.
In the past sections, we have learned about Truman and his reality while also getting to know Plato’s allegory of the cave. Accordingly, this brings us to the question and my thesis: “Is the Truman Show Movie like Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and do they carry through similar values and symbolism?”
The deep dark cave symbolically suggests a world of ignorance and the chained people symbolize the human habitants that dwell in this ignorant world. The shadows symbolically suggesting the world of sensory perception which is an illusion. Moreover, the chains symbolize our limitation in this material world due to us not being completely certain about which is the truest reality, because one has to live the reality to know
The goal is to argue about how similar The Truman Show movie is to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, proving that they carry through similar, if not the same, values and symbolism.
The Truman Show movie, Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, tells the story about a child who’s adopted and raised by a corporation inside a simulated television show revolving about his life. An elaborated illusion that takes part within a giant arcological dome in Hollywood, fashioned to create the seaside town of Seahaven Island, and equipped with thousands of cameras to …show more content…
The prisoner could see that the Sun is the cause of everything, and was able to decide that was the authentic, evident reality.
In the past sections, we have learned about Truman and his reality while also getting to know Plato’s allegory of the cave. Accordingly, this brings us to the question and my thesis: “Is the Truman Show Movie like Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and do they carry through similar values and symbolism?”
The deep dark cave symbolically suggests a world of ignorance and the chained people symbolize the human habitants that dwell in this ignorant world. The shadows symbolically suggesting the world of sensory perception which is an illusion. Moreover, the chains symbolize our limitation in this material world due to us not being completely certain about which is the truest reality, because one has to live the reality to know