The Truman show was about a man named truman who lived in a so called perfect world. His whole life was set out for him depending on the choices he made. He has limited free will and choice. His world is set up for him based on his decisions. He can choose to do what he wants but their are people monitering what he does and setting some limits for him. He is a living reality show but he is an agent for his own decisions, because he is in control of how he acts, thinks, and what he does.
Like I said earlier Truman is not completely free in his decision making, and he has a few limits. He cannot go beyond certain points in the city because he lives in a virtual world so there are city limits, and he also cannot be with the girl he loves because she will give away the secret about trumans life. But despite these limitations in his life, truman is constantly doing what he wants to do, and going after his own desires. You could relate Trumans behavior to Immanuel Kants idea the we are take captive by our own desire. Likewise Truman is constantly going after his personal desire of finding the girl he truly loves beause in his heart that is what he truly desires.
Ultimately yes truman was free, eventhough he was limited in some areas of his world he still got to choose in the end to leave the virtual world for the rational world. This action of truman runs parllel with the Libertarain perspective which states that we freely make choices based on what truly makes us happy. And in the end this is exactly what truman did, he knew he was ready to leave the virtual world because he wasn't happ or satisfied there anymore so he decided to leave behind the world he knew and enter into the real world to find his true love.
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