Truman State Of Mind Analysis

1. Truman’s doubts about his reality were rational, but not in the beginning of the film. A clear way to compare what occurs to Truman is seeing a pen float in the open air for a moment, then a person flying on their own. While a floating pen is unlikely, it is explainable, but flying is a defiance of everything that is known about physics. Furthermore, each experience built on the last, forming stages based on damage done to the facade that is Seahaven. The first stage only invokes a meager bit of doubt in Truman’s mind, but each is quickly forgotten. One of which is when the stage light named Serious, an existing star, falls from the sky to Truman’s feet. While he is puzzled for a moment, the radio quickly comes on with a rational explanation; a plane …show more content…
Truman later tries to leave for Fiji, but it is all booked. Furthermore, the tissue that the worker is holding was not because they were eating. Instead, it was used to catch excess makeup as the makeup artists rushed to get the actor in costume. The final stage is when Truman becomes erratic now that he finally sees that something isn’t right about Seahaven. This point is when Truman finally crosses the bridge with Meryl and comes across the fake plant that has a leak. The cop present calls Truman by his name, but Truman had never met him. This panics Truman and he tries to run away. When he is forced home, Truman tries to have an honest conversation with his wife. However, her strange behavior drives him into frustration and finally Meryl slips and yells for them to do something. Marlon suddenly shows and takes Truman out in an attempt to bring him back to the reality created for him. While it is not rational for Truman to doubt minor experiences with rational explanations, it is rational for him to doubt numerous occurrences with no explanations. Moreover, it would be irrational not to doubt reality at that