The Truman Show Outline

The Truman Show Paper

I. Introduction:
A. Attention Getter: Imagine being born in a box, live in that box all your life, and die in the same box. Imagine that if you ever wanted to leave the box, thousands of people would swarm around you, trying to keep you inside said box.
B. Transition to Thesis: That is what the Truman Show is about. Truman is living in a world custom made for him, living in front of cameras for the whole world to see.
C. Thesis: The Truman Show shows the effect that mass media has on the world and shows philosophical and moral error in keeping someone against their will.

II. 1st Body Paragraph

Topic Sentence: Mass media reaches all walks of life and generally effects people and their behavior.

A. Advertisement/Product Placement

1. Clearly obvious in this film

2. Shown to be very sarcastic and in-your-face; meant to show that product placement isn’t the best thing.

B. Human Interest

1. Display someone’s life on TV, of course they will watch

2. The outcry to release Truman from the show

C. ___________________________________________________________________________

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Concluding Sentence: You can’t get away from mass media, even though you may not be affected by it.


III. 2nd Body Paragraph

Topic Sentence: The technology required to maintain this sort of stage is impossibly huge.

D. Hidden Cameras

3. Too obvious

4. what about audio?

E. weather

3. impossible, simple

4. ________________________________________________________________________

F. ___________________________________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________________________

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Concluding Sentence: The thing is, even if it was possible, its morally wrong to do so.


IV. 3rd Body Paragraph

Topic Sentence: You cannot keep someone confined, even if they don't know about it, without being morally evil

G. personal development

5. how can someone live a full life if they are sheltered forever?

6. _______________________________________________________________________

H. how can you live with yourself?

5. ________________________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________________________

I. ___________________________________________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________________________________

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Concluding Sentence: This is just evil and would never fly, despite what "ratings" it might get.


V. Concluding Paragraph
A. Re-phrase thesis
B. Refer back to the Attention getter
C. Leave the reader with something to think about.

Other guidelines:
Follow MLA format if you use citations
Times New Roman 12 pt. Font.
You can have a title page if you’d like