The Truman Show Character Analysis - 1833 Words

The scene opens with an establishing shot of a sunrise over Seahaven, the world Christof created, just as God created Eden. The worlds are almost parallel; Seahaven is stated to be a ‘paradise’; the streets and the town’s inhabitants are respectable and clean, much like the Garden of Eden that Adam and Eve were put in to protect and nurture. Both Christof, from The Truman Show, and God from the Genesis were given the opportunity to fill their creations with what they pleased, Christof with people and cameras, God with animals and plants. Both ‘Creators’ rule over their worlds, able to govern the light of day ‘cue the sun’, or the purpose of the beings they placed in the product of their works, ‘told the creatures†¦ to reproduce’. People†¦show more content†¦The sequence following the mirror scene shows what Truman’s normal day is like, with almost-scripted interactions with neighbours and other people he has conversations with, contrary to previously in the film, Truman, rather than other cast members, is keeping these communications normal, so as to not give hints to his audience of his plans of escape later that night. Each day is parallel to the next, and even if Truman isn’t scripted, unprecedented actions rarely happen. When Truman shatters the uniform structure of Seahaven later in the film, and this comes as a surprise to many people. Truman’s day consists of several indirect attempts to keep him in Seahaven, quite contrary to when Adam and Eve are sent out of Eden, and forced to stay out by a ‘flaming sword’. 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