I am examining Jim Carrey’s 1998 film “The Truman Show.” This movie is not only full of metaphors, it is a metaphor in itself. I will discuss what the metaphors are in the movie, what they mean, and how they tell the story.

The purpose of this film is to inspire the audience by relating the life of a certain individual to their own lives through the use of metaphors. Truman is the main character and is the star of a real estate television show. The only problem is that you don’t know that your life is the subject of a television show. He lives in a gigantic studio that encloses the population and land of a small island town called Seahaven. 24 hours a day his life is broadcast live to the rest of the world. To keep the show going, the team must constantly find ways to keep her from realizing that her life is a TV show and they must keep her from constantly leaving Seahaven. The plot of the film takes place when Truman decides that nothing will stop him from achieving his dreams and becoming a champion, and he takes the audience on his journey that continues with that decision.

There are three main themes throughout the film. The first major theme is “the big picture” or “a world within a world.” Because Truman lives in a television studio and doesn’t know the outside world exists, he can’t see the big picture. The audience can identify because all of humanity has been trying to discover the meaning of our existence here on earth. Many people have a similar belief or at least hope that there is life after death and the life we ​​now live is not all there is in life because we cannot see the big picture. The world within a world can also be a metaphor for those moments in life when people try to achieve a goal or a dream and strive to achieve it without knowing in advance whether they will succeed or fail.

The second main theme is fear. In order to get through life or to achieve a dream or a goal, people need to overcome their fears. Loss, failure, pain, discouragement, frustration, etc., are all examples of obstacles to fear. All these obstacles are capable of preventing someone from achieving their dreams. Truman lives on an island and is afraid of the water. To see if there is more to life, Truman must overcome his fear of water. The sea is also a metaphor for all the obstacles to stop someone. There are storms, sharks, waves, winds and the sea is also vast.

The third theme is that of perseverance. Perseverance has many names that include commitment, determination, dedication, consistency, or never give up or never give up. These are just a few of the names that mean to keep going no matter how difficult, difficult, painful, or discouraging things may be. Never giving up is the hardest thing a human being can do because it means one must face and overcome fear. Those who can do it, achieve, achieve and get anything. Sooner or later, if someone is determined enough to find their way, they will. Nothing can stop a person from trying one more time, no matter how many times someone might fail. Crossing the sea requires an extreme amount of perseverance to finally overcome all obstacles and reach the shore on the other side where our goals and dreams lie.

Truman senses that there is something else in life that he cannot see and decides that all those fears that have kept him from leaving Seahaven and achieving his dreams will no longer stop him. Due to his utter determination, Truman finds a way out of the studio and into the real world. He is the True Man because he refuses to let the world decide who he is, and rather decides who he is.