Truman Burbank lives in a world that revolves entirely around himself. His relationships are fake, his work is not real, and his life is put on display for millions of people around the world to watch. He has been the star of this reality show ever since he was in his mother's womb. The Truman Show, or as he knows it, his life. He knows nothing of the show. To him this is just his ordinary day to day life. Ever since he was born, his every move has been scrutinized by his audience without his knowledge. As he grows older he starts to question the reality around him and he finds that he wants to break away from his everyday existence. It does not serve the purpose of this essay to discuss the, almost prophetic, critique of everything TV would become. Instead we will focus of these perceptions of reality that Truman faces in his life. Truman, the kind hearted, lovable hero of our story. It doesn't take a whole lot of letter rearranging to spot the inference. Truman is a true man. Or is he? Is Truman's real personality that of what he has grown up as or is he a product of a manufactured environment? He lives in an artificial world but he himself is real. Does that mean we are watching truth or just an appearance of truth? That is the power of false perceptions. Christof, the director of The Truman Show, (in the film not the movie director himself) is interviewed and is very apologetic towards the criticism claiming that while the world is manufactured and put up for sale in the Truman store, everything that people see in Truman is real because it comes from Truman himself. Nothing is rehearsed or planned because he doesn't know he is being filmed. The implication is that he is only as real as the world around him makes him. This screenplay really demonstrates the power of false perceptions. They alter reality, or rather give us an idea of how different everyone's versions of reality are. As evidenced in The Truman Show, you can see how d