Questions on the Truman Show

Question Sheet Relevant to both the TOK course and the RE AS

The film focusses upon issues of perception and reality, Plato’s Cave, knowledge and truth.

The Truman Show
1) “We accept the truth of the reality with which we are presented” (Christof) . Can you link the experience of Truman to that of the prisoners in Platos Cave?
2) “We’ve become bored with watching actors give us phony emotions, we’re tired of pyrotechnics and special effects”. How real is Trumans world? How real is Truman within this world?
3) What is real in Seahaven?
4) What is meant by reality?
5) When does Trumans perception of reality alter?
6) Can Truman ever really know anything?
7) What is Truth to Truman?
8) If you think you have knowledge / truth then do you? How far is truth inked to our perception?