Welcome To The Desert Of The Real Analysis

Welcome to the Desert of the Real is a 2002 book by Slavoj Zizek. A Marxist and Lacanian analysis of the ideological and political responses to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The book's title comes from a quote delivered by the character Morpheus in the 1999 film The Matrix: "Welcome to the desert of the real" Zizek claims that the American Fantasy found in movies is secretly what Americans wanted. The ultimate fantasy of an individual living in a small town suddenly discovers the world he lives in is fake. The True-man Show for instance, has the exact concept, where a staged virtual world was created for a man in a gigantic studio set to keep him satisfied, as he gradually discovers the fake life they made up. The whole idea
Regardless if their target of strike is right or not, they strike wherever they think it is, wherever they have planned before, bringing the full satisfaction. It would be totally striking if America attacked Afghanistan, the most powerful country attacking the poorest, it would be out of humanity. But since they are ultimate terrorists, barbarians, ominous to the civilization, then it’s totally okay, it becomes even a must! America wants to protect itself of terrorism and provide peace for its country by fighting terrorism outside its land, here where invading Afghani people became acceptable. Zizek continues to argue the fantasy of the American life, he says that if soldiers are being sent abroad to fight, American children are being orphaned, and the Americans are drawn to a vicious war then here the principle of America the “land of dreams” fades away. How come America be so peaceful and full of humanity while it’s involved of all this
They make the virtual become true. Another example the movie “Head of State” a 2003 comedy film. In the film Mays Gilliam is an alderman of the 9th Ward in Washington D.C.. After being fired from his post and dumped by his girlfriend, Kim, Mays is surprisingly chosen as the party candidate for the presidency (after his party's original presidential and vice-presidential nominees die when their two separate planes crash into each other) to run against sitting vice-president Brian Lewis. Assuming the election was already lost, the party decided to pick a likable but unwinnable minority candidate to improve their chances in the next presidential election. At first, Mays feels he will not be able to succeed as President because he would be representing the entire African-American populace, and does not want to do anything to mess it up. However, Mays begins to rise in the polls after his brother persuades him to speak out for what he believes. He begins to talk about issues such as welfare, money, society, etc. After Lewis runs a series of attack ads including one saying Mays supports cancer. This strategy gains Mays even more points in the polls. He later has a debate with his opponent in which he manages to win the crowd over by speaking truth about the American life. Finally, Mays ends up