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Villainous Behavior in The Truman Show

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Peter Wier’s film, "The Truman Show," is the depiction of the villainous immorality of using one’s life without their knowledge as a purpose for entertainment for the mass population. It is a popular television show that takes the setting of a stereotypical 60’s hometown where everything is too perfect as it seems. The protagonist, Truman Burbanks, plays the clueless and unsuspecting star of the reality show. Truman’s sadness is mainly perpetrated by Chirstof, the director of the show as he wields his power to shape Truman’s life, the actors play a part but most importantly the society that exists in the film. The chief villain is Christof, the creator of the show using Truman’s life for his own personal gain. Chirstof played God and shaped Truman’s life into a show that exploits Truman’s feelings and basic rights for entertainment. Christof manipulated Truman’s feelings with traumatically fake events such as the loss of Truman’s father. By doing this he was able to scar Truman and prevented him from exploring and escaping the island. The cause of Truman midlife crisis was the loss of his love; Sylvia. This is why Truman has a sudden wanting to go to Fiji. The last time they saw each other her “father” told him they were going Fiji. Truman: “where are you taking her?” Sylvia’s dad: “To Fiji”. Christof was so desperate to hide the truth he almost killed Truman when he was founded on a boat sailing towards the dome. He used the weather system to his advantage to scare Truman and stop him but ultimately failing. The people that were important to Truman’s life such as his wife, mother and best friend were all just actors contributed in villainous intentions by playing the roles designed by Christof in the whole charade. Although Christof tells the actors what to do and say the actors themselves are responsible for denying Truman a chance to live a life that everyone is born to be entitled to. If eac

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