Truman Show In Brave New World

In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Truman Show directed by Peter Weir, the use of identity and popular culture leads to the idea that one cannot overcome adversity within themselves or their environment if there are outside forces interfering with the goals they want to achieve. The idea of identity is developed through Truman Show by Weir and Brave New World by Huxley through depicting an inner struggle between the characters and the goals that they want to achieve. Identity leads to the understanding that individuality is not promoted in a society that wants to fulfill its own agenda. In the Truman Show, Truman Burbank is kept away from his sense of curiosity and adventure by preventing him from leaving the artificial island that he

The act of facing away from the camera could symbolize that he is no longer letting others dictate his actions, since he is not looking towards the audience. Instead, he is contemplating his next course of action by looking at the stillness. The symbols that are presented in the scene are able to demonstrate that Truman used to have an identity that was affected by what others wanted out of him. Truman had inner turmoil that he could not solve because there was always outside forces that rejected his goals. The identity of Truman was the creation of others, yet he was able to overcome previous limitations by fighting against the people who wanted to control his actions. The use of identity is able to show how people usually let their environment limit who they are as a person. By letting a greater power dictate the actions of the person, they lose their opportunity to follow with the goals that they want to achieve. In the case of Brave New World, Bernard finds it difficult to accomplish his goals because of previous social prejudice created for different classes. While Bernard may be an alpha, he does not necessarily fill the role because of his height and behavior, which

“I am I, and I wish I wasn’t” (Huxley 64). Through the use of diction, Huxley is able to set up a tone of confusion and rejection in Bernard. The use of the words “offensive” and “arrogant” are usually meant for people who know that they have authority in a situation. To be offensive, one needs to see themselves in a better light than the other person that they are talking to. Yet, the word “inadequacy” is later used, which sets a contradiction in Bernard. To be inadequate, one needs to not fully fit in the role that they are supposed to follow. For Bernard, his height is what sets up what makes his identity different from his fellow Alphas. When mentioning his height, Bernard has a tone of disdain and hate. Bernard cannot truly fill the role that he was assigned to because of something that was out of his control: his height. Bernard does not wish to have the identity that he has, since multiple people view his height and sees it as the person who he is. Identity for Bernard is filling in what is expected of every class, yet he is the anomaly. Identity is able to reveal that outside forces are constantly setting what people should perceive as their role. Bernards struggle with identity happens because