Reaction to Wag the Dog

We finally finished watching Wag the Dog. There a lot of similarity in the book and in the movie. There a lot of concept between these two things, for example in the book the people believe what ever the Party tells them and in the movie you see the people believe whatever is on the news. We believe whatever is on the news because we assume that they are never lying and are telling the truth. For one thing, how do we know that what ever we see and hear are the truths? How do we know that the war with Iraq or any other war that happened throughout the past is even real or fake? In the movie they fabricated a war with Albania so that they can forget the scandal that the President did with a girl. And in the book they keep on changing war with Eastasia and Eurasia that the people didn’t even know who they are fighting against anymore.
By watching this movie it made me realize that we don’t ask questions and if we do, we don’t wait for the whole answer. We only listen to the part that is suited for us. We don’t really want to know what is really going on the world or that if our government is really doing their jobs. In a way the book 1984 and the movie Wag the Dog, made me realize that we shouldn’t ignore little facts or forget them because of something big is happening, because those little things can be the whole truth behind the whole picture.
I think this movie was interesting and I do recommend my friends to watch it.

Reaction to 1984

This book in my opinion was confusing and boring at first. But when it got to the end of part 2 and the beginning of part 3 it captured my interest. It’s like everything about the whole book was put into that section of the book. Winston getting caught by the Thought Police/Mr. Charrington whom Winston thought was a prole, facing his biggest fear at Room 101, and worst of all was his and Julia betrayal for each other when they both said that they will never betrayed their love for each other. When I think about it, you always knew that no matter what they will get caught. I always had my suspicion on O’Brien because since Winston bumped into O’Brien at work. He just gave me a vibe of someone you can’t trust. And at the end you see that it was O’Brien who was torturing Winston and still Winston thought that O’Brien was helping him. At chapter VI, you see whole new prospective of what Winton really thinks of the Party. What really caught my interest about this chapter is that in the end when they won a battle, Winston had a dream that he should be dead of what he did against the Party. I think that O’Brien was trying to tell Winston that in the end you will love Big Brother no matter what because in the end you will realized that all the things you done was wrong and you want to die so you’ll come back and beg us to kill you for it, which they will grant their last wish. I think I do understand this book better now because I finally understand how George Orwell writes.
George Orwell writes great science fiction books, which I might mention this one was great. Knowing that his wording and writing style was kind of difficult but although the whole book was excellent to read. In one way, 1984 did change my way of thinking of the world we live in nowadays. I am starting to ask questions to myself and my surrounding that the way of lives of Oceania, could it be true to our world and time as well. How do we know for sure that our government isn’t hiding things from us and manipulating us? When I think about it this way the three slogans they have it seem true in our world as well. War is Peace, Ignorance is Strength and Freedom is Slavery.

Part 3, Chapter III & IV

1. O'Brien is a member of the Thought Police, do you think he can actually read Winston's mind? Did O'Brien actually permeate Winston's dream all those years ago? Explain your answer.

I’m actually having a second thought of O’Brien ability to read Winston’s thought. Knowing that O’Brien is a member of the Thought Police, it seems like he knows a lot of things that going on or goes on Winston mind. But in other hand O’Brien could have been spying on Winston. Like O’Brien said he was watching him for seven years already. O’Brien has the ability to find out everything Winston was doing without him noticing. He is a member of the Inner Party and a Thought Police he has a lot of privileges than others Party member doesn’t have.

2. O'Brien has made it clear the Party will kill Winston at some point. We know they want folks to understand and believe before they die, but.....if they are not going to release these people back into society, why do they bother with the time and expense of the torture and "rehabilitation"?

O’Brien said that it is for Winston’s own good, he believes that this treatment it “cures” you supposedly. O’Brien and the other Inner Party member doesn’t want to just kill Winston they want him to Love Big Brother. They want him to confess that what ever he did to go against the Party was wrong, but not just saying it they want Winston to truly mean it from the bottom of his heart.

3. What's in Room 101? The most impressive answers will be those consisting of just one sentence.

Behind the door of the Room 101, there lie Winston’s biggest fears which are rats.