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"The Truman Show" is a film about Truman Burbank, a man who was adopted by a corporation and unknowingly turned into a reality television star. While Truman thinks his life is like everyone else's, he is really living in a giant studio and having his entire life broadcast as a television show. The studio and almost every detail of Truman's life is controlled by one man, the creator/producer of the show Christof. The paper shows how this sets the scene for a film that explores many areas, one of the most important being the issue of free will and how people are affected by controlled surroundings.

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"The next question raised is what happens when Truman gains knowledge. This happens gradually as Truman suspects that something is happening and then slowly gains more and more evidence. The more he begins to suspect, the more he challenges the boundaries and strives to break free. This suggests that it only takes a brief glimpse at the truth for a person to find the motivation to break free. Truman was completely in the dark. Even without knowing the truth of what was happening, just knowing that something was not right was enough for Truman to take action to find out the truth and escape from his fictional life."

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