Free Will In The Movie 'The Truman Show' In Philosophy

When WWII ended, Americans were left in the hands of Harry Truman. Known as an

It is believed that the people someone surrounds him/herself influence and shape them to become who they are and considering everyone around Truman is an actor, then even the person Truman became is controlled throughout the reality show. The director, Christof, chose to kill Truman’s ‘father’ while sailing to create a fear of the sea in him—despite Truman’s love for the sea and desire to be an explorer—so that he can never leave Seahaven, which is supposedly an island. His decisions and actions are guided by his fear, rather than his mind and heart. His life is dictated from the beginning, to how the actors as his parents had to raise him, the school and friends he had, to the woman who played his love interest and the desk-job he was assigned to. Truman’s unconsciousness to the real world and people around him took away whatever control he could’ve

War always results in destruction, debt, and deaths these outcomes are unevitable. But Truman's choice helped minamize the amount of deaths which is probably the most important catagory. The civilians that died, with out a doubt didnt deserve to die and their deaths will always be remembered and honored. But, the

Harry S Truman helped make many tough decisions. First, he created the Marshall plan to aid in European recovery from World War Two.("Harry S Truman, April 26, 2018). Then Congress approved

There are many politically courageous acts that have happened over time, many of them which have shaped American today. ALthough, there is one in particular that really sticks out in my opinion, the bombing of Hiroshima. The man who was behind this goes by, Harry Truman. Initially, Truman was Franklin D. Roosevelt's vice president, but when F.D.R. dies in 1945, Truman took the role of the President of the United States (Frank 1). In his first few months as president, he made the gutsy decision of bombing Japan, which ended World War Two.

Harry Truman was the 33rd President of the United States of America. He was a farmer, business man and in his later life, a politician. During the First World War he served with France as an artillery officer. Even though he states that his strong values for honestly and decency, his experience from serving in the war later affects his decisions in regards to the safety of America. His Vice Presidency was only 82 days, during this time he only spoke to Roosevelt twice. He had no knowledge that the US was in the works of making an atomic bomb. The bomb was created in order to show the Russians that the US has power and to stop the spread of communism.

1. Truman begins doubt whether or not his life is real for many reasons. The first reason being the light that falls from the sky, which he’s never seen anything like that before and has no idea what to think about it. Another reason is that Truman sees his father who “died” in a boating accident when he was a child. Truman seeing his father is what really pushed him over the edge into realizing that nothing in his life was actually real.

Truman had to make some very crucial decisions as soon as he had stepped into office as President. He contributed

During the speech Truman uses the word “we” multiple times, insinuating that he is alike other ordinary Americans. By creating a connection with the people, Truman gets the credibility of the people when relating to them. The Secretary of War was also mentioned in this announcement, which furthers Truman’s integrity and reputation by substantiating that he knows high ranking, and significant figures involved with the United States Government. Truman also stated that he “shall recommend that the Congress of the United States consider promptly the establishment of an appropriate commission to control the production and use of atomic power within the United States. I shall give further consideration and make further recommendations to the Congress as to how atomic power can become a powerful and forceful influence towards the maintenance of world peace.” This establishes Truman as an influential figure over Congress, and that he is trying to organize a commission to control the unfamiliar atomic bomb in order to protect the United States. Perhaps the most important tactic Truman used was scare and intimidation tactics, also ethos. Truman used words people are unaccustomed to, and went in depth with the atomic bomb. Therefore by using words people are unfamiliar with, Truman intimidates them which draws them into trusting him. Truman said, with a serious tone, that “...we knew that the Germans were working feverishly to find a way to add atomic energy to the other engines of war with which they hoped to enslave the world” and WE were “... grateful that they did not get the atomic bomb at all.” He also remotely points the blame at Germany, and attempts to frighten the American people with Germany and Hitler’s endeavor to tyrannize the world. By mentioning Hitler and inferring Stalin or other vile tyrants who covet the bomb,

Truman held advantages and moral dilemmas. Truman had to decide if ending the war was worth the death of thousands of people. Other than Truman, no one will ever know the hardships faced when taking on this challenge or the amount of time spent pondering which way to go. Truman was not alone in this decision, but in the end all the pressure is left on his shoulders. We have no way of knowing what would have happened if Truman decided to not drop the atomic bomb, but we do know that the choice he made worked out in the United States favor and won them the

President Roosevelt fell ill and died before his presidency was over, putting Vice President Truman into office. Once Truman came into office he was made aware of the wartime policy of the former President and of the atomic bomb. He was very vigilant to follow Roosevelt’s strategy of concealing from Congress even the dimensions of the secret partnership on atomic energy with Britain (Bernstein 1975, 35).

We live our everyday lives with the belief that we are in control of our own decisions. Some feel pressured by our peers to make decisions to make them happy. We make decisions in life based on our logical conclusions on what is right and wrong. Sometimes free will is taken away when someone makes the decisions for us. “Free will” is mentioned multiple times throughout Slaughter House Five through the main character’s feelings.

So I honestly think that Truman is intelligent. The was lied too hiss whole life. Now I know that people lie to people all the time, but his whole life! Even is So Called mother, lied to him. That's so mess up! But Truman was smart enough to figure out that all of it was a lie. He started too think that it was weird how, everything always happened the

From the movie, the Truman Show the director Christof claims to he gives Truman absolute free will. In reality, the free will that Truman receives is very manufactured. One example would be when Truman’s father died in a boating accident when Truman was small. Ever since then he had understandably been afraid of water or going out to sea. But, after diving deeper into this we found that Christof had fabricated Truman’s fear of water

The movie compares to Plato’s philosophy because Truman is the prisoner in the cave, he only knew what he was being raised to believe, and when he attempted to look for the truth, everyone around him would throw him curveballs to keep him from finding the truth. In the movie, Truman starts off as a prisoner, in the cave which is represented by the town. As the movie progresses, it is shown that he is afraid of water because his father's death was faked in a boating accident, so