Manipulation In The Truman Show

The film The Truman Show follows a man who believes he is living normally, yet his life is being filmed without his knowledge, and everything he does or sees is controlled by Christof, the Director of the television show. Many people follow a religion in which a god or goddess dictates nearly every aspect of the world, which is not different to the role of Christof. In many countries like America its citizens are told that they have freedom, yet many laws limit and restrict people’s lives, similar to how Truman’s is controlled. Humans have no decision as to where they are born or who raises them, and if environment shapes a person and their beliefs, then people ultimately have no choice over what they believe and who they are; exactly how Christof decided who Truman would be by controlling his life. The 1998 film The Truman Show exemplifies that an artificial life and real life are not significantly different and everyone’s lives are controlled in some way or another by a force that is not them.
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Truman, as all other humans entered the world, did not have a say over where he was born. Environment shapes who a person will be and what they believe, ie if someone was born into a family of certain religion, then most likely they would continue that belief for the rest of their life, and if they do not continue that belief it would be because they were influenced by an outside source like school or friends (Kenneth A. Dodge). If a person doesn’t have a choice over where they are from then they ultimately don't have a choice of who they are. Truman doesn’t have a say in who he is due to Christof controlling his life, but Humans don’t have a say over who they are because they can’t decide their