The Truman Show

The Truman Show is a perfect lens in which to view your surroundings for what they are. This is a particularly odd scenario but none the less truly makes you reflect on the way you view your life or better yet how people view yours. The character Truman Burbank much like everyone else sees his reality and interprets it as the uncontrollable truth of the environment he lives in. Little does he know that he is actually the center of a show that is viewed worldwide. He is not aware of this because he has been limited to his hometown of Newhaven as it has been capsuled in a huge dome. His limited view of the world around him more then proves his version of reality is far from real.
Reality changes for Truman as he slowly notices the subtle but apparent evidence of the fraud that he knows as his life. Many of these inconsistencies stem from the repetition he notices in his environment. For example, once he has an inkling as to what may be going on he starts to analyze his surroundings. He notices the same people following the same routine everyday to the point where he can count the amount of times people circled his block and was able to pinpoint exactly how long it would take them to come back around. At this point he experiments his theory and attempts to leave his town of Newhaven. After noticing that he has been blocked by convenient series of events every time he nears the exits he is convinced.
At this point he is faced with a decision we all must face at some time or another in our lives. The choice to leave the nest or move out the box if you will. Although the life he lives in Newhaven is sheltered and he will never have to experience the cruel and harsh realities of real life, he knows there is more out there. There is in a sense a brave new world. A world he has not experienced, full of many outcomes and possibilities he will never know in his hometown. Despite the appreciation there should be for anyone venturing out on there own I seriously doubt he could make it in the world on his own. He is a grown man and set in his ways. For him to adapt to the outside world this late in his life would truly be a miracle.