The Truman Show was created in 1998, and was directed by Peter Weir. It is a show within a movie about a man whose life is fake and is being controlled by someone he does not know. Christof is the creator of the television show The Truman Show. His idea of following Truman’s life from birth to death is unique. Truman Burbank is the only real person on the show. Christof is a God-like figure, who controls Truman. His name is presented to be a parody of Christ. His control of the environment demonstrates clearly that Christof is portrayed to be like God, which explains why he is dominant over everything. In the last scene of the show, Christof made it clear that he was the creator of Truman. Christof has control over everything in Truman’s life: the existence of the people in his life, the weather and even the death of his father. Christof‘s God-like images portrays him to be the most powerful, compassionate and creating being. What does Christof’s God-like image suggest about men in today’s society? Why do men feel the need to be in control to show love? Christof, as a God-like figure, shows the danger of an American male who needs to be in control. In the last scene, Christof started a storm to stop Truman from escaping from the ‘perfect’ world he created for him. Truman was defiant and he shouted to the storm saying that he would not be deferred. This stirred up vicious anger in Christof which caused him to have the storm turned up to a higher level. Christof is willing to put Truman through anything possible so that he would not be defeated. Another example of Christof putting Truman in danger so that he could remain in control over his life was by using Marlon, Truman’s best friend to affect him emotionally. Marlon was brought into Truman’s life at seven years old. The friendship created at such a young age was mainly based on manipulation. Christof strategically placed Marlon into Truman’s life as a means to ma