extracts from 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

I see two problems here. I'm sure there are more than that, but for now let me concentrate on these two. One is that we don't know whether the author would go along with having someone else rewrite her work. If she says no, of course, that's the end of that. The other problem, assuming she says okay, is whether I could really do a good job of rewriting it. Coauthorship is a very delicate matter; I can't believe things would go as easily as you are suggesting.
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This is a tremendously risky plan. Once you start lying to the public, you have to keep lying. It never ends. It's not easy, either psychologically or practically, to keep tweaking the truth to make it all fit together. If one person who's in on the plan makes one little slip, everybody could be done for.
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When asked how old they were at the time of their first memory, most people said when they were four or five. Three at the very earliest. A child had to be at least three to begin observing a surrounding scene with a degree of rationality. In the stage before that, everything registered as incomprehensible chaos. The world was a mushy bowl of loose gruel, lacking framework or handholds. It flowed past our open windows without forming memories in the brain.
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The way a camera records objects on film is as a pure image, free of judgment, mechanically, as a blend of light and shadow.

Authoritarian and Democratic Government: Policy Negotiation Power

From the case studies presented in the paper of Huck-ju Kwon on “Advocacy Coalitions and Health Politics in Korea,” articulates, to me, some idea and contexts of societal regime that shapes the policy making procedure.

Authoritarian Government

As discussed by Kwon in two regimes of political reign. Particularly policy discussion took place only within the governmental sphere. Mostly, the policy would be approved in case of economic benefit and for the image of the government. The case study presented in Korean context truly reflects the reality of the authoritarian government nowadays. Only those with influential power could involve and shape the conclusion of policy making towards their benefit. Though, outsiders of the policy making process demand their voice to be heard for the common good in the society, their voice seems to touch upon only the surface of the process, however, they could not get into the system or into the decision making committee. The decision power still lays on the table of those who are in power.

Democratic Government

Sooner or later, the absolute government would fail in term of public interest, for people are having higher education and, Kwon proved it in the paper. The government has to adapt the new concept of the democracy. In Kwon’s paper, policy becomes more likely in a form of public debate of which provides more opportunities not only to the government officers, but also to other classes of society, for instance civil society, academics, experts, to part take in policy debate. Nowadays, we could hear a lot of demonstrations explode in most of the Middle East countries seeking for changes of the extreme authoritarian political government. Changing would happen and, it is only just a matter of time, however, the Middle East cases now prove it. Again, the old government may change in Middle East after demonstration, yet, the implementation of policy and the structural system are still unpredictable whether they remain “the same” or “really change.” Foreseeably, if the new government of Middle East applies the same structure, I would say, another chance of demonstration would burst again.