Revelation in the Truman Show, Allegory of the Cave, and Bir
The Truman Show, the Allegory of the Cave, and the process of birth all show the concept and process of revelation. Revelation means a furthering of truth. There are two types of revelation, revelation in the world, and revelation in scripture. The Truman Show shows revelation in the world along with the Allegory of the Cave and the process of birth. The Truman Show is about a boy who is born into a fake life, which is a TV show for millions of people in the real world. Truman is the star of the show, but thinks that the world he lives in is the real world and has no clue that there is a greater world outside of his fake life. In the show, all the other people are actors who know that this is a show, and everything is fake and made just for Truman. The actors don’t tell Truman that he lives in a fake world until a girl named Sylvia tries to tell Truman. Sylvia attended school with Truman in college and needed to tell Truman the truth. Sylvia and Truman left for the beach, where she tried to explain everything. It was too much for Truman and he didn’t comprehend what she was saying at all. Since the truth was revealed to him so quickly, he couldn’t understand it, but if it had been introduced to him over time he
would have been able to understand. She told Truman that he was being watched. The thought of that sounded crazy to Truman, and he didn’t entirely believe her. Before she could explain anymore, she was taken away by other actors in fear that she might ruin the show. In the Truman show, the Allegory of the Cave and the process of birth, revelation is shown as a learning process. All knowledge can’t be known in one instance. It takes time to be able to learn the pieces that will equal the whole later on. It is overwhelming for one to learn everything they need to know in a quick moment. These are all reflections on how God is trying to reveal himself to us through the gospel and the teachings of his son and members of the Catholic Church. The Allegory of the Cave by Plato also has to do with revelation. The men in the underground cave were chained to the ceiling and to the floor. They couldn’t see anything but what was in front of them and that was their shadow. The shadow came from a fire, which was burning behind them. One of them, named Herb, had an itch, and he broke free of his chain to scratch the itch. He then realized that there was more than just the shadow on the wall. He finally saw that he had arms, a body, and legs. He began hitting them to see what he was to do with them. This was the first step of revelation for Herb because he realized that there was more in his life than just a shadow on the wall. He had a body. He saw the exit of the cave and left by running out into the world. When he ran out into the world he was blinded by the sun and couldn’t see. He
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