Wag the Dog

My reaction to this movie, is that 1984 is existing today. We are so oblivious that we are turly proles. I think this because in the movie the government has their own plans and does what ever they consider necessary to do. They don't consider the people's REAL opinion. The people or proles, are just objects. A barrier between the goal. The government in fact is the Party, and the thought police. Before seeing the movie, I knew that the government was corrupt but I didn't think it was to this extent. Yes, this hasn't happened in real life..... OR HAS IT? This movie gave me a a better understanding of how things truly are or can become. The overall concept of 1984 is a reality. I understood, this movie so much and the connection to the book, that I'm speechless.


BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU... HE REALLY IS.

The end of 1984.

I'm actually happy that Winston didn't die. Even though his new way of life is wrong and is the opposite of what he was fighting for. I guess I'm happy that he is. If I lived in Oceania, I would want to be happy as well, even if it meant living an oblivious lifestyle. I guess it is true what they say, life is what you make it. Reality is also what you make it. The proles are the only hope. But I don't think they'll ever revolt. Winston has a memory of his mother when he is at the cafe, but quickly convinces himself it's not true, then he looks up and sees a poster of big brother, he then feels safe and at home. He has changed so much, from the beginning of the book. He's been through various stages, anger, paranoid, confusion, love, hate,and finally happiness. Which is something he didn't have ever seemed to experience. I think over all the ending to the book was alright. I think that the minute Obrien told Winston in an earlier chapter that he had already been caught a long time ago. It kind of gave the ending away. When Obrien suggested that he "had already been caught". It made it seem as if, he was caught, brain washed and then released. Which is what happened to Winston. Which makes more sense as to why they spend so much time brainwashing the prisoners, because they don't always kill them.
Over all I think that Obrien should have mentioned that after Winston was released because it gave away the ending. I still think it was a good book, although I think it had no point because at the end everything was for nothing. Well almost everything, because at least now Winston has achieved happiness. And at the end of the day, that's what we all want.

1984. part 3.

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.
The whole point of this book, in my opinion is that this is all very possible and is partly happening today. It depicts a possible future. However it's almost impossible for mind reading to occur. I think if Obrien was able to read minds, that it would through the book off a bit. Therefor I don't really think Obrien can read minds. I don't think Obrien permeated Winston's dream, I think it was mostly Winston predicting his own end. When Winston had the dream, he thought that it was a good sign. That the place of no darkness, was something good of enlightenment or a happy end, even though he knew he would die. If Obrien was really permeating Winston's dream, then I don't think he would have made it in a way that Winston would think good of it. It would have come out as being more of a warning or threat. Rather than a false hope.


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"?
I think they care so much, because at the end of the day all a person has is their pride. Letting someone die with the self satisfaction of hating the Party. Is like a small victory for themselves. By torturing and brain washing the prisoners, your taking the most valuable and only thing left, which is their pride. All the self satisfaction of dying for a cause is gone... completely dead.

3. What's in Room 101?
Room 101 is death, it's the end. Weather you die or not, it's the loss of your reason and why you fight.

PARt 2, VIII

At the beginning of the Chapter, Winston is very surprised when, Obrien turns off the telescreen. He didn't think it was possible or a smart thing to do. I think if anything, it puts Obrien under suspicion. What makes him so special? He is like any other Party member right? So why does he have this special type of privilege. Which by the way he acted, sounded like he'd done it before. I think Obriens confidence, gives him away. He does things and doesn't seem to hesitate. Winston, is very surprised, but doesn't think much about it. Sooner or later the Party catches you. That's what they say and that is what they do. Obrien, seems like has done this numerous times before, so why doesn't he get caught or is investigated by the Party and especially under all his mystery why does he have the special privilege of turning off telescreens? These are clues, which Winston seems to ignore. I think desperateness is what makes Winston make such foolish choices. He realizes that without the help of someone powerful, he might not get any where. He desperately needs Obrien's help, so much that he's willing to believe what he says and deny the facts and clues infront of him. Winston wants to believe Obrien is good, because if he weren't there would be no way out.... nothing else to do.

Chapter VII

1. Winston's dream and the realization it brought him about the Party.
2. Winston and Julia again talk about how their capture is inevitable. They also talk about what the Party will do to them when they confess. What hope does Winston hold to? What does he say will exist no matter what the Party does to him?

Winston has a dream about his mother. He says he murdered his mother. However not physically but mentally. He describes how, they constantly lived in hunger, and underground. He feels guilty because he was very hungry and stole a chocolate bar, and ran away. Never to see his mother again. Winston hates the party for, eliminating human feelings. He feels that proles in a way can still feel emotion, making them more human than a party member, who in turn follows strict rules and isn't allowed to feel emotion. Winston is haunted by the memory of his mother, mostly because of all the guilt he feels. He blames the party for everything that happened and how he feels. HE HATES THE PARTY, FOR IN A WAY, messing up something which was important to him, which was his mother. The party's cold cruel ways, make him and other party members almost inhuman, unable to feel pain.

Winston and Julia talk about them getting caught, and how the room they rented, will increase their chances of getting caught. Winston and Julia know that once they get caught, they will end up confessing. The torture will be too much. Winston says to Julia that he hopes she won't betray him and he wasn't referring to her confessing. Winston hopes that overall Julia will still love him. The party can torture all the people if they wanted. But one thing they can't remove is their inner feelings and emotions. They can't take away someones love or hate toward another person. This is why the Party wants to eliminate emotion, it's the only thing that they cannot control. By eliminating emotion, people can't feel, reassuring the party that they still have total control. If people were able to feel emotion, the Party probably wouldn't even be in control. Emotions allow people to help others, such as a child for their parent. But with no emotions children turn in their parents. Winston and Julia are committing a crime by feeling emotion. Nothing the Party can ever do, will make them feel differently about each other or take that love away. Overall Winston holds on to the hope that no matter what happens he will always have the love of Julia.

Chapter VI

My reaction to Winston, is that he is very foolish for trusting Obrien who is a complete stranger. He doesn't know him, on a personal level, and he could be anyone. I think that Winston doesn't really consider his every move and action. He knows that one day;someday, he'll get caught. I think he relies more on his diary than anything. His diary will be prof of everything he knew. By Obrien's, actions and the way he talked to Winston, anyone can assume that Obrien seems like he has experience. He talked to Winston, so sure of himself. He knew everything to say when and where to say it. It makes him look very suspicious, not to mention when Obrien mentioned Syme or like he referred to it someone he can't remember. It makes him look very suspicious, be it that Syme had only disappeared a day ago. Which enforces my opinion that Winston is foolish. He is so excited about finally being able to talk to Obrien and getting his address, that he simply brushes off all these little clues, which may lead someone to think that Obrien isn't being completely truthful. Winston seems very rapped up in the moment. Winston excepts his fate, but doesn't realize that some of his actions might get him killed sooner than anticipated.

part two chapter five.

In chapter 5. Syme disappears, which was something Winston foreshadowed in the beginning of the book. So I'm not surprised. The two minutes hate is here, and parsons kids wrote a new hate song. Relating it to real life, parents even though they hate something or someone never encourage their children to hate or spread hatred. But this is what happens in the book, in a way. I don't think Parsons or his wife, encourage this type of hate, in the children, because they have so little control over them, like most parents. Which goes to show, how much control the party has over every person prole or not. They have more control over the children then the parents do, so all children being wild and out of control works well to the party's control. Parsons kids are just an example of many other kids in Oceania.
I'm not sure, but i think I can picture why Winston hated his ex wife so much. Because before I didn't really understand. Winston, imagines being able to kill Katherine, so he could be with Julia. Which sounded really cold to me at first, because I can't imagine someone wishing another persons death, just so he could be with someone else. I think, that Winston hates Katherine for not being able to be completely intimate with him. He hates that she couldn't or wasn't able to set the party aside for just one minute. He hates her ignorance and that she was such a loyal follower. Which she showed him, after splitting up with him, when they couldn't have children. Julia on the other hand is a fighter, but for the wrong reasons. It's like a person who helps police find a thief but only because they want the reward money. That's the best way I can describe Julia. Winston finally yells at her because she is a rebel for all the wrong reasons. SHE DOES NOT value her life and instead puts having a good time in front. I think this is a bit frustrating for Winston, since he sees how shes putting her life in danger but at the end most of what she did wouldn't have mad a difference. Katerine and Julia are completely opposite. But at the end, it doesn't matter, because Winston doesn't love either one. Like Juila rebells for the wrong reasons, Winston also "loves" Julia for the wrong reasons.