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How will Truman continue his life now knowing what he has been through and that his whole life was a lie?
ReplyDeleteI think he will just continue his life just like normal because just because he knows his life is a lie that doesn't mean he should not just stop doing what he is doing.
DeleteI think that Truman never was completely content with his life, because even though he was married he never got over the girl who he met who was taken from him. I think it will be a little bit hard for him to accept, but not too hard because he did not seem too affected by it.
DeleteI think that his life will be lost causing him not to trust anyone. The only person he will trust is his the girl that he met in high school that he took magazines to create what she looks like and his dad . The people who basically tried to tell him that is life at the moment was "fake" was the girl and his dad. Those are people he will trust in his "real life."
DeleteI think that since now that Truman has become aware and now knowing his whole life and everything he has seemed to know has become a lie, Truman could either try to educate himself about the true world or I think he could fall into these dark thoughts about how what he has done with his life has meant nothing. Based on how positive he had seemed and his eagerness to learn about why things are they way they are, I think he would most likely explore and learn. He could try to start a new life.
DeleteToward the end of the film, the director says, "There is no more truth out there than in the world I created for you." What are your thoughts on this? To what extent do you think this is true?
ReplyDeleteI think that this is not a truthful statement. Because Truman's whole life had been a lie, and there was really nothing that was real. In the real world, he can live his real life, but there will still always be some lies.
DeleteWhat was Truman's breaking point? In other words, when did he finally decide to put his doubts about society into action?
ReplyDeleteI think his breaking point was after his wife yelled at the camera to help her, that's when he was absolutely sure that his world was fake.
DeleteI think that this might have been a gradual realization over time, as opposed to all at once. I think that there were certain events that made him realize more, but not one big breaking point.
DeleteI think Truman's breaking point was when the actors started to mess up on who their character is. When the police officer said Truman that kind of was his breaking point to Truman. He is now realizing what his life is and tried to run away. Another thing is when people are telling him to stay in the town and not causing him to travel to another place.
DeleteWhy do you think that the director decided to keep the Truman show a secret to Truman instead of telling him the truth?
ReplyDeleteI believe they wanted a true life and true experiences for people to watch. If he had known then there really would have been no point to the show. Everyone watched him and his life as something they have always imagined. If he had known then he would've been in acting mode and not given a true portrayal of himself.
DeleteI believe the director didn't really care about how Truman felt and I think all he wanted was the views and how popular the show was growing. Plus Truman was like a puppet that the director could play with because he grew up with Truman.
DeleteIf Truman knew that that life wasn't real then the show wouldn't be as good because it would be like your regular reality TV show. Instead the director didn't tell Truman so it could be a new TV show that was actually real and more fun to watch I think.
DeleteI am wondering what will happen or how Truman will feel when he does get out. What will he do? I would feel horrible and wouldn’t trust anyone at all.
ReplyDeleteI think knowing that his life was a lie would be disappointing but he would also know that he could go on with his real life. Nothing could hold him back.
ReplyDeleteAt the ending of the movie after Truman found out everything was a lie, why did you think he held his character and ended with one of his phrases instead of storming out?
ReplyDeleteTruman never knew he was acting. This character he was playing became who he was. He left with those words because it was what he was used to, those words felt comfortable coming out of his mouth. I think another possibility is that he wanted the last word, it's just part of human nature, and those were the most clever words he could think to say.
DeleteI think he left the way he left was mockery to the people watching him. It was him using this phrase in an ironic way to prove a point to the director and to mock what they had done to him. He wanted to be clever and show that he could think on his own, but also by ironically saying his phrase.
DeleteWhy did they choose Truman in particular to broadcast his life to the whole world? What made him so special that he was chosen to be a part of something like that?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think Figi represents in this show?
ReplyDeleteI think Fiji represented freedom and change.
DeleteSeahaven is reminiscent of America during the 50's where everything follows a set routine and anything out of place or weird like Truman's father coming back as a homeless is removed. Do you think Christof designed Seahaven this way intentionally?
ReplyDeleteDid anyone else notice when Truman's friend was looking for him in his basement, the moment he said. "I wonder where he is" the camera angle was showing a map of Fiji behind him.
ReplyDeleteHow did Truman not get a clue that something was off? Like the scenery and how everybody was shutting down his ideas to go places
ReplyDeleteI guess that he just thought it was their way of life, and leaving Seahaven is uncommon and rarely done.
DeleteIf he was raised there his entire life then he wouldn't know what real life was actually like so I think that's why he never questioned that.
DeleteI think that Truman did not have enough knowledge of the world he was living in to realize something was going on. He does not know that any other ways of life exist, so he does not have anything to base weird things on.
DeleteI agree. I think that there were a lot of clues that should have told him that something was going on. But I think he was just used to things being like that for his whole life. He didn't know things any other way, so it all just seemed normal to him.
DeleteIt was all he ever knew and it didn't seem weird to him. In his mind, that is how life was. He never knew different, so he had nothing to compare his life to.
DeleteI feel like he did kind of get the clues that something was off in his world. Since the people wont let him leave then he started to get a funny feeling causing him to go into more depth on what was going on. He followed his wife to her work to see if the "surgery" she was going to help out was real. When he saw the "surgery" the actors were fake and made it seem like it was real. But, to Truman he knew it was not real and just did not tell anyone just to keep it to himself. That might have been a reason to why he knew why his life he lives in was not real.
DeleteTruman was born into this world, it was all he had ever known. Similar to how children can believe what they are told, for instance sharing similar beliefs to parents because of how they are raised, they sometimes become oblivious to what the truth really is. In this instance it is not Truman's fault for taking so long to become aware. He was born and raised into this lie, and eventually if you are lied enough to at that young age it is all you will know.
DeleteTruman was trapped and I think that Truman was living a life that he couldn't control. All the characters are being told what to say. And they are being told what to do. When the producer of the show says that they saw him being born then they should see him dying. Truman shouldn't be given a life that he can't control.
ReplyDeleteTo what extent does this represent our world today? As Marshall mentioned, reality TV is trying to get more and more real in terms of hiding cameras and airing shows where people don't know they are being tapped. Could society eventually get to this point?
ReplyDeleteYes and No, because as new technologies come out and more cameras are present privacy will be reduced more and more. However, I believe anything to the degree of the Truman Show is a human rights violation.
DeleteCan you make a connection with Truman and montag when they showed the scene when Truman ran right through security and started beating them up?
ReplyDeleteI think you can make a connection between Truman and Montag in the way that they were the protagonists of the story, yet they reflected antagonist actions in some aspects of their lives. This scene is a great example of that because even though Truman is pictured as a hero, he questions authority and injuries people who are as far as he knows innocent.
DeleteThe connection I make is that the security is the people that are brainwashed in F451 and the firefighters. They are wanting to stay in the life they have already because they are happy and not wanting a change. They do not want Montag to take them out of the life they already have. So they would report him to the firefighters to make sure he is doing what perfect person should be like in their society.
DeleteClarisse and Trumans life weren't shown a lot they were just there to be there so that Truman and Montags life could feel more real.
ReplyDeleteOther than Clarisse and Sylvia, What other similarities between Fahrenheit 451 did you notice?
ReplyDeleteI made a connection between Truman and the society in F-451. The creator of "The Truman Show" argues that Truman prefers his life over that of what could be because he has made no REAL effort to rebel. In the same way, the society in the F-451 is not necessarily content with, but used to the way they are living because they don't know any differently, just like Truman.
DeleteWas Lauren apart of the cast, an extra or did she sneak to try to tell Truman that he was in a tv show?
ReplyDeleteI think she got cast as an extra because the other extras were interacting with her. If she just snuck on, she probably would have been escorted off.
DeleteI think she was an extra who was not meant to interact with Truman. The illusion Truman is experiencing only works if people play their roles correctly, which is why she was kicked out of the dome after what she did.
DeleteHow are the ending scenes in The Truman Show similar to the ending scenes of F451?
ReplyDeleteDo you think people thought the Truman show was fake, and that Truman was an actor?
ReplyDeleteIt is pretty obvious that Truman was an actor because if it was not an actor movie the show would not be as realistic as it is.
DeleteWhy do you think Truman didn't notice that the same people were doing the same things, the repetition of each day over and over again?
ReplyDeleteIt was kinda like what Mady had said, it was a lifestyle he was used too. I think we can relate it to our everyday life of going to school everyday, it is something we are used too. So not changing anything would be everyday life.
DeleteI think he was just so used to it that he didn't think anything was wrong with it. But he did notice at one point that the people were just going around the block in a loop.
DeleteWhat are some major similarities between Montag and Truman's society and the life they both live?
ReplyDeleteThe societies were not very similar they were very different but however I think I would say that Truman and Montag both have similar relations to their society because in F451 the entire society is ignorant and Montag is the one who becomes less ignorant whilst in the Truman show the society is normal but Truman is the one who is ignorant.
DeleteSimilar to Beatty and Montag’s final interaction Christof tries to get into Truman’s head and convince him that the life of ignorance is blissful but like Montag Truman decides to challenge that by leaving his synthetic world.
DeleteI think that the routine was noticed but as he became immune to the routine, it had more of an impact on him. At first I think he got so used to that routine that he became more aware of it being fake.
ReplyDeleteThe last few lines in the movie were the two police officers, one says "Wanna see what else is on?", then they other says, "Yeah sure!". What does this show about their society?
ReplyDeletePersonal I think their society is based upon someone else's life.
DeleteThe way that everyone was watching the show made it seem like they actually cared about Truman, but in the end, they just saw it as a TV show and not someone's life.
DeleteThis shows that their society is extremely impersonal. We also see this when the viewers of the show start betting on Truman's life and the producers begin to worry about his "hero's shot" as he is drowning. Another word that comes to mind in terms of those scenes is sadistic. This society takes pleasure in Truman's pain when he is a real person with feelings and ambitions, not an actor, and I think often they forget that.
DeleteSince Truman figured out what was going on with his life. Do you think the director will continue with this and video someone else's life or actually see what he was doing was potentially selfish?
ReplyDeleteI think that the director will give up on making someones life not real because he knows the causes and effects on what can be the impact on someones life when it is not real. I think that he will start a different show to make it goos so he can get more money.
DeleteI agree with Ashley, i think that everyone in the dome stays there 24 hours. I dont think the characters have lives outside of the truman show. And yes I do think that the characters were in it for the money although i dont think they knew they would be in this show for so long.
ReplyDeleteI feel like if i was in his situation, i would probably be extremely nervous to go outside of the dome just because I wouldnt know any different.
ReplyDeleteThat is true. Like if you have been living that life in the dome, who knows what could be out there and it could be dangerous or not but Truman wouldn't know really.
DeleteDo you think CHristof is as evil and as manipulative as Beatty?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Megan, i think that these people have to be certifiably insane. To be able to manipulate someone's life in this way and to this extent is just crazy.
ReplyDeletethe screen behind the director was a moon do you think that correlates to the power he has over truman, and how he choices to speak to him out of the sky as if he is some god. Do you think the director sees truman more as a son or this creation that he has all the control over?
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hy do you think that the director choice to stop making dangerous storms to keep truman from hitting the edge of the ocean instead of continuing to see how much truman would fight to stay on the boat
ReplyDeleteI feel like the director did not think of him as a child, i think he thought of the show as his child but not Truman himself. Because if you truly did care about someone enough to call them your child, they would let truman live his real life.
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