The Truman Show explored how media alters and shapes what we see as a reality. It demonstrates a good model for how the media takes control of us. In sociology, we learn that the majority of people believe in the reality shown to them. This is represented in The Truman Show. To Truman, the world he lived in was real to him, but it was not the real world.
Truman was born and raised on live TV. Since Christoph and a group of producers created Truman's world they instilled his beliefs, values and what was deemed normal in society. Truman's world started to fall apart when the light fell and then he slowly came to discover the truth when he realized everything was on a loop and no one reacted when he did something out of the normal. It took Truman 30 years to truly …show more content…
Truman struggles with the issue of discovering the truth of his reality throughout the movie. Christoph took complete control over Truman's life. Christoph created Truman's society by manipulating Truman's perception about what the social norms are and what he desired out of life. He controlled every detail of Truman's life: who he interacted with, who he married, his friends, his neighbors, and coworkers. In doing so, he created Truman's values and beliefs with the help of these people. Christof and the producers determined Truman's socialization. Since they went to great lengths to keep Truman in a fake reality, they kept him from his freedom. He was made to believe he was free but really had limited options and freedom everything was controlled by Christof. By using his father's death at sea, Christof instilled a fear of the water to keep Truman trapped in this fake reality. Since Truman developed a fear of water, he believed that it was his choice to stay in Seahaven. To create Truman's reality and the world, the actors had to go out of their way. Why did they try so hard? Because Truman's reality became their reality too. It was a 24/7 job so to them Truman's world became theirs as well.
Truman was born and raised on live TV. Since Christoph and a group of producers created Truman's world they instilled his beliefs, values and what was deemed normal in society. Truman's world started to fall apart when the light fell and then he slowly came to discover the truth when he realized everything was on a loop and no one reacted when he did something out of the normal. It took Truman 30 years to truly …show more content…
Truman struggles with the issue of discovering the truth of his reality throughout the movie. Christoph took complete control over Truman's life. Christoph created Truman's society by manipulating Truman's perception about what the social norms are and what he desired out of life. He controlled every detail of Truman's life: who he interacted with, who he married, his friends, his neighbors, and coworkers. In doing so, he created Truman's values and beliefs with the help of these people. Christof and the producers determined Truman's socialization. Since they went to great lengths to keep Truman in a fake reality, they kept him from his freedom. He was made to believe he was free but really had limited options and freedom everything was controlled by Christof. By using his father's death at sea, Christof instilled a fear of the water to keep Truman trapped in this fake reality. Since Truman developed a fear of water, he believed that it was his choice to stay in Seahaven. To create Truman's reality and the world, the actors had to go out of their way. Why did they try so hard? Because Truman's reality became their reality too. It was a 24/7 job so to them Truman's world became theirs as well.