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5. Winston writes in the diary about the films he saw the night before. At the films, the audience applauds at the sight of a child’s dismembered arm going up into the air. Some critics believe the audience and Winston have been conditioned to accept this kind of violence from constant exposure to violent images. Do you think today’s movies have desensitized their audience, so they accept and expect to see brutal violence?

I think that today's movies have desensitized their audience, so they accept and expect to see brutal violence, however, it is not as extreme as the films that Winston wrote about in his diary. Ever since recorded history and before that, violence has been a part of people's lives and it has been considered as a type of entertainment. In every movie that I have watched has violence involved, even for the shortest time. People do expect to see violence but not the same all for the same reason for why the audience metioned by Winston. People watched violence for entertainment but mainly for the thrill of the mystery underneath and the story line of the films. The audience were watching the movie for shear entertainment. Violence has become a part of every one's daily lives, but that does not mean that people are used to it. For example, Winston mentions that the audience laughed when a little boy blew up. Though thier are people that do laugh such violence there are more people that feel grosed and frightened.