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Saturday, January 21, 2017

Truman Burbank - Hero and Victim

In a society that demands symmetry, individuality is a virtuosoic act. The Truman Show by Peter Weir portrays the protagonist Truman Burbank to be together a hero and a victim. From his lack of conformity, to his privacy exploited for millions to see and the enjoyment of him, this is my essay on wherefore Truman Burbank is victimised, yet still heroic.\nTrumans non-conformity was tolerate and determined. While the masses conformed and lived a controlled life in Seahaven, Truman was just and stood out of the crowd. E very(prenominal) integrity in Seahaven was the same. They totally lived in architecturally identical housing, all participated in the residential area and conformed to the society which was controlling Truman. At the start of the movie it was very apparent that Truman doubted the society in which he resided. When the light cut down from the sky a pull a face of doubt was clearly seeable on his expression. When he control to work he besides had an air of d oubt near him from what the radio was reporting. This doubt change magnitude progressively throughout the fritter until we are met with him wanting to entirely leave the town of Seahaven by sailing away. To live in a town in which everyone is the same and to disagree with the hunt down and be true to your self-importance is truly heroic. To fight against the conformity that Seahaven brought especially when the capitalist ideals are about conformity.\nBut a hero cannot exist without a victim. Trumans life was being monitored. As the point of the Truman show was to incur Trumans life, Truman Burbanks privacy day in day out was displayed on TVs all about to innovation for all to see. Cameras were set up all around his house, at his office at work, in his car and everywhere Truman moved. Everyone in the town knew where he was and what he was doing so they could plan around it. Truman had to be so close monitored to keep him unsuspicious of Seahaven and unsuspecting of true realit y. In one scene you are do to feel uncomfortable as you can see Truman looki...

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