Truman Show Reflection

In a broad sense, are group related Truman’s experiences in The Truman Show to existential ideas about freedom. Existentialists believe that humans are free, but this freedom is often a burden. In exploring Truman’s life, we saw different ways in which Truman was exercising this freedom, as well as ways where his freedom was taken away. In analyzing certain impressionist paintings, we also saw these ideas represented through art. One approach that we looked at Truman’s freedom from was not that he himself was not free, but that he existed in freedom and was surrounded by nothingness. Similar to the blurred nature of a painting, Truman’s environment was ‘blurred’. Every person and object in his life was an artificial prop. In other words, everything there had a purpose for the show. That means that there was nothing free about his world. Truman on the other hand, was not controlled. Although the producers often tried to influence him, they never fully controlled his mind. In that sense, Truman himself was the only clear part of his life, while everything else was a blurry background. Despite the blurriness of his life, we continued to understand the idea that Truman himself was real. One of the greatest strengths of Truman’s show was the genuine reactions given by Truman. The greatest actor in the world would not be able to react to

This is because of the role of Christof. The existentialists believe there are no gods to give purpose, so it therefore does not exist, but in the case of Truman, Christof is his god. As an unseen creator of the his world, and the invisible eye that sees everything he does, and controls everything that happens to him, Christof takes the unnatural role of Truman’s own god. For that reason, Christof was able to effectively take away Truman’s freedom, and instead bestow his own will upon