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purpose of my study is to explore rebellion moments of the character Truman in The Truman Show. To be specific, my research
intends to figure out how these rebellion moments function in the film. I will
analyze Truman’s role in the film, and discover why he wants to rebel, how he
rebel, and the meaning of his rebellion moments.
To clarify these research questions, I need
to gather information about rebellion. First of all, any rebellion must have
something in common. People always rebel to fight against so that they can get
what they want. Also, people usually take effective ways to rebel. Therefore, I
can find some academic journals talking about rebellion to define rebellion
moments in The Truman Show. Besides, I
am doing the research about a film, so it is better to find more films to
compare and contrast. I plan to work on the film including rebellion moments
like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
or Lolita to compare those characters’
rebellion with Truman’s. So, I also need to find academic sources about these
related films. Mainly, the central character is still Truman’s rebellion moments,
but other academic sources and film characters can support my arguments better.
I will use Kean Library and Google Scholar to gather information. The databases
I prefer to use are MLA International Bibliography and JSTOR.
The method I will use is qualitative analysis.
I will mainly focus on The Truman Show
and rebellion moments in it. Meanwhile, I will analyze rebellion in other films
to draw out a pattern of rebellion moments.
Look at what these characters are rebelling against. Is there any commonality there? This is probably an important step in determining other sources/characters to compare Truman with.
ReplyDeleteOnce you find similar circumstances,looking at the commonalities in the ways that characters rebel will be useful, too.