ENFP 7w6 Characters

It took Truman a long time to realize his life was all a lie (why would he distrust it?), but one or two weird incidents causes him to start noticing the patterns all around him that, until then, he had been wholly oblivious to with his low sensing function—such as people going around the block on a loop, to make the place seem busy. Things happening on clue. Elevators that don’t go all the way to the top. He starts rapidly making connections, realizes his life is weird, and the more he pushes toward the outside world, the more suspicious he gets—and clever in outsmarting people in pursuit of his escape. He spends most of his time fantasizing about what he wants to do and see, and even as a child was enthusiastic about the outside world. His low Si kept him on the “island,” but he doesn’t let it hold him back from an adventure. Truman has a strong sense of his own values and feelings, and does not easily open up or share them with others. He withdraws when he’s upset, but also to come up with a plan of action and execute it, such as when he escaped from the cameras in his basement. Once he gets truly enmeshed in his new reality discoveries, Truman becomes increasingly out of touch with his co-star, Meryl. He threatens her, scares her, and intimidates her, with his wild behavior and accusations, and then takes decisive action to get himself away from the house. It angers him that his life has been taken away from him, and he walks out on the “show” at the end of the film, forever abandoning a billion dollar franchise to start anew, hopefully with the “love of his life.”

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Truman has always had an adventurous spirit—he wants to get off the island and explore the world, and determinedly sets out to do just that; when thwarted, he makes multiple attempts to get out of town, even taking “hostages” at one point when he forces his “wife” to drive him across the bridge to the mainland. He remains optimistic, even when finding out his entire life has been one giant session of gas-lighting. Even though he’s suspicious of his surroundings once things start going haywire, he trusts that his best friend is just that… someone he can trust and confide in. He also starts re-framing almost immediately when stuff goes wrong in his life, reassuring himself that it will all work out, etc. Coming to the “wall” at the end of the movie, he chooses to open the door and walk through it—into the unknown, into the world, without any support system, friends, or awareness of what he will find on the other side, showing a general sense of self-confidence. His 6 wing becomes paranoid and reactive at times, as he realizes he can’t trust anyone around him, but always he uses his assertive core to push people to get what he wants and/or to run away and have “fun.”