Truman show.

The Truman show and the American dream.
To me it represents the American dream by having Truman in this perfect aspirational life, where he has a wife a good job etc. However the ending shows that it dosent bring happiness and is not always "perfect" as truman breaks out of the life of the American Dream.



Truman Burbank



Chosen out of five unwanted pregnancies and the first child to be legally adopted by a corporotaion. He is unaware that his daily life is broadcast 24-hours-a-day around the world. He has a job in insurance business and a lovely wife, but eventually notices the environment is not what it seems to be.. His parents, his bestfriend Marlon (Noah Emmerich), and even his wife Meryl (Laura Linney) are all actors.





Meryl Burbank

Truman's "wife", who holds a profession as a nurse at the local hospital. Since the show relies on product replacement for revenue, Meryl regularly shows off various items she has recently "purchased," one of the many occurrences that makes Truman curious about his life. Her role is essentially to act the part of Truman's wife and ultimately to have a child by him, despite her reluctance to accomplish either. Linney explained that, "she was a child actress who never made it, and now she's really ambitious. Mostly she's into negotiating her contract. Every time she sleeps with Truman she gets an extra $10,000".Linney heavily studied from the 1950s to develop her character's poses.

Marlon

Truman's best friend since early childhood. Marlon is a vending machine operator for the company Goodies, who promises Truman he would never lie to him, despite the latest events in Truman's life. Emmerich has said "My character is in a lot of pain. He feels really guilty about deceiving Truman. He's had a serious drug addiction for many years. Been in and out of rehab"

Truman Mother and father

Truman's mother. Christof orders that she attempt to convince Truman to have children.

An actor who portrays Truman's father. When Truman was a boy, his character on the show was killed off to instill a fear of water in his son that would prevent Truman from leaving the set; however, he sneaks back into the show when Truman is an adult, whereupon the writers are forced to write a plot in which Kirk had not drowned, but had suffered from amnesia.