The Truman Show And Hierophonic Visions :: essays research papers

"The Truman parade" and Hierophonic VisionsThe Truman Show depicts the livelihood of a human that was adopted by a order and filmed all his life. His life had been broadcast all around the realism and people everywhere have lived his life with him. The story starts with the main character, Truman, an openhanded and married now, leaving for work. It follows his day by day routine and the dish quickly realizes how boring and mundane this mans life is.      The hierophonic vision in the film was the smile of the young woman Truman apothegm while he was in high school. It stood out because of the sincerity of her smile. Truman hadnt seen the behavior of someone making their protest decisions, in this case her decision to smile at him, so when it occurred his pattern life of pretend emotions faded away and lost all importance. What took its household was a dream of this another(prenominal) world that, through her smile, he saw a glimpse of. Through out the rest of his life, Truman longed for so much more(prenominal) than his mediocre life, cutting out pictures of models in hopes of recreating the look that he genuine from the girl. He also showed his discontentment through what he said to his jockstrap when he told him that he wanted to go to Fiji. This believe built up and Truman became less and less trusting of his world until the day came that he intractable to sail away from his reality, where everything evolved around him.     I see this movie as an analogy of the story of the Garden of Eden in the Bible. Truman, playing Adam, is tempted to desire more than this perfect life he was given. Christof, the "creator" gave Truman a life without hurt, without pain, without most of the troubles that humans deal with throughout their lives and even though everyone Truman encountered were notwithstanding scripted acquaintances, he still had the ability to make his own decisions. So when the smile o f the woman caught his attention, he sought after for more, he, in a way, desired for the tree of knowledge of good and evil. He controlled the members of his society, like Adam controlled the beasts of the garden, only when Christof controlled both the actors and Truman by his ability to change weather, time of day, what people said, and other means. So when the serpant, the woman from outside of Trumans world, tempted him with a new reality, his curiosity took all over and all he could think about was this idea of something different, something he was unable to have.