The Truman Show

When referring to the Fiji Islands, Truman says “You can’t get any further away before you start coming back. You know that there are still islands there where no human being has ever set foot.” This shows a desire in Truman for something more than his ordinary day-to-day life. In the world Truman lives in, the influx of perceptions into him are heavily controlled and restricted. This adventurous side of Truman is potentially very dangerous to the interests of the television network, which is in complete control of Truman’s environment. Where did his ideas about travel and Fiji come from? Do you think that Truman was allowed to read works that might potentially invoke these ideas? How do we know what is true and what is not? Should we accept life as it is presented to us? Zeno of Citium, Epicurus