In the passage "Truman show syndrome: Why people think they're living a reality show" by Colin Lecher, Lecher explains and proves that some things can be real but its not. He explains the story of Nick Lots and the Truman Show. There are people who believe they are in a reality show every day of their lives.
In the beginning of the passage Colin Lecher ask "what do you do when delusions and paranoia looks an awful lot like the real world?" As referred from New Yorkers people are convinced that the actors are woken up famous, the stars of a world wide reality t.v. show (paragraph 1). Colin Lecher explains the story of Nick Lots, who suffered from delusions. Nick was suddenly puzzled of his life and since college he was the star of the reality T.v. show. Cameras was kept hidden from him. On the night of the finale he was suppose to give his dad a check for 1 million dollars. Instead he strung out to make the call causing the cameras to never cut off.
Some people think they are in a reality show because everyday they wake up they feel like they are being watched. People watch t.v. so they can relate and believe that they are living a reality TV show because they have similar things in common with the actors on TV I don't believe my life is a reality TV because when i wake up i don't do everything scripted as a T.v star would. I do whatever i want not what i'm told to read.
In "The Truman Show" Truman was the reality star but he didn't know that. He lived his life but the people around him were aware actors and did whatever they were told so that Truman had no idea what was going on. Truman later on discovered that his life was all a lie. I don't think it was fair to Truman that he had no idea his life was a reality show. Truman wasn't really living his life, he was living a life that was forced onto him. Pretend friends and family members walked around as they were told to and act as if nothing was going on.
In the movie, every morning Truman would say "Good Morning, Good Evening, and Good night" to his neighbors. His neighbors carried things such as a trash can which has an hidden camera in it to show Truman and his daily routines.
Some people who think they live in a reality T.v show really don't. They just have strong delusions that makes things look more like the real world. It never slips my mind that i an a star of a reality show. In reality shows actors are fake and get told what to do. I wake up every morning and just live my life freely getting through any obstacle that crosses my way.
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