Exercise - Book Report/Review Example

Download file to see previous pages Design discourages choice, randomness, and even disorder in the name of perfection. In the Truman Show, the design of the built environment creates a sense of perfection that does not support reality. The world is full of challenges and imperfections, which Truman experiences in his daily existence, but fails to experience the same in the built environment. Perfection puts a price on everything and puts one in a position where they have to sell themselves for material gain, for instance money or fame. It creates a consumer society in which everything, including human values, is for sale. The utopian world results from crime-free environment in which there is social and financial equality. In consequence, there is no disorder in the society. Even so, the CCTV surveillance in the normal world does not discourage disorder in the society. His false and manipulated environment, in the name of perfection, is similar shows some similarities to the real world. Despite all this, Truman lives a normal life in his built environment. He accepts the world he is in, only until the time he realizes it is all stage-managed and ...Download file to see next pagesRead More