Monday, November 7, 2016

ARE THE DEAD ZONE MAKING PROPHECY OF 2016'S U.S. PRESIDENT ELECTION?


The US election between Hillary Clinton from Democrats and Donald Trump from Republics surely attract many attention throughout the country itself. What they did or speak drives public from the main actors, President Obama, who’s been busy reducing racial conflicts or passing the law and regulation against firearms possession for the sake of eliminating the gun shot occurs on school or public property in that country. 

The battle of candidate happened recently and gets increase so both emerge as best representatives for each. The tense increased each day to the final day on 8 November 2016, which is tomorrow, right?  

We’re in Indonesia only knew two candidates from these two strong parties but the fact is there are three other candidates for the election, and they are:


1. Hillary Clinton (Democrat Party)

2. Donald Trump (Republic Party)


3. Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party)


4. Jill Stein (Green Party)


5. Darrell Castle (Constitution Party)



Speaking about US Presidential’s election, it always keeps me remembering of Stephen King’s novel title The Dead Zone. This novel had also been adapted to the big screen which cast by Christopher Walken as the protagonist, Johnny Smith, and Martin Sheen as Greg Stillson.

The big picture was like these, a teacher named Johnny Smith who had a car accident turned into coma for a very long time. When he awakes, Johnny finds the fact that the world he knew has changed a lot. His girlfriend had become another man's wife, his mother went mad and died, and the coma that damaging his brain apparently brings psychic ability for him so he could see future while holding the hands of others.

On the other hand there’s an ambitious man, once a book salesman who become property business owner, who had career as a politician and want to reach the highest position as President of the US through sympathetic campaign of independent participants. The craziest thing is, the American people that fed up with party bureaucrats fall in love with Stillson’s sloppy style that also entertaining so the green horn becoming strong candidate so other candidate get helm.

The road that taking by Stillson are not always the clean one. As a property businessman or politician, Stillson often uses devious means to trap potential investors - that he forced to fund his campaign - or else in an attempt to topple his opponents. On that path he finally met Johnny at the house of one politician whose son was being taught by Johnny.

The encounter bring anxiety for the teacher, Johnny always see dark future in his dream about Stillson when he managed to become President of USA. He’s vision showing mass destruction of the world and Stillson will be the next Hitler. Stillson had agenda to restore the glory of white race and Anglo Saxon in America. Furthermore The Dead Zone filled with the story of how Johnny Smith tried to kill Stillson and doing his effort to prevent Stillson from becoming President.

Juts take a look at the trailer first, will ya…


Funny, I see many similarities between Greg Stillson and Donald Trump that made me wonder whether the character of King was really pure fiction or prediction that is seen in the future - in this case this period in this presidential election year - and those similarity includes:


1. Property Business Owner Background

As Stillson who held construction business company, we know Trump as a successful real estate and property entrepreneurs before he established himself as celebrity with his own brand through reality show such The Apprentice. And as a salesman, Stillson also has lot of experience dealing with people, just like Trump.

2. Representing Independent Candidate on the Start

As a new comer and contender, no party glanced at Stillson for he had no track record as a politician. Don’t want to give up on that situation, Stillson pronounce himself as an Independent candidate and his decision meet the track when public pay attention for him. Before getting in recent state, Trump had dashed his hopes as President long gone and resigned from Democrats who had raised him from 2001 to 2009. Talking the long story short, Trump then declared itself ahead of independent candidates and after that he was recruited by Republican.

3. Dislike by Animal

Stillson been attacked by a dog when he was a book salesman. The dog chasing him along the main street of his potential buyer but Stillson managed to kill the dog brutally. The funny thing is we also know that Donald Trump is dislike by animals. Do you remember of ridiculous incident when he was photographed with falcons that finally attacked him? I think that was not just something coincidence, right? I mean not many Politicians actually doing animal photograph and attacked by them at that time…

4. Attacking Political Opponents Aggressively In Outspoken Style

Stillson style who likes to talk frankly different from politicians who were trained to speak polite-but-contains-double-word-that-was-difficult-to-understand-by-public found what they need, someone who talk and think like them and turned out he was easy to be loved because they also liked how common man like Stillson making fun – sometimes also mocking – other candidates who came from politician. See how Trump does same thing with the other party through racial issues? The latest was about Hillary’s health.

5. Similar Perspective about Caucasians as Superior Race In The World

In a novel it so-called shortly about Stillson admiration for the thought and concept of KKK, that noblest race in the world is white race, so that other races had to be removed. In fact we can see for ourselves when Donald Trump tried to get rid of Hispanics from America and his rigors statements of forbidding moslem people to enter.


Might Greg Stillson in The Dead Zone really be Donald Trump in real life? If it’s might and Donald Trump wins the election, perhaps what Johnny Smith sees about the world’s future will become reality, so The Dead Zone not only a fiction manuscript but also something you called it prophecy….

But don’t forget, Greg Stillson didn’t have tough opponent because all of his rivals had him remove with dirty tricks. On the other hand, Donald Trump whose strongest candidates for Republic had to face strongest opponent on the election before he becomes the next Hitler and her names Hillary Clinton.

The fact is fellow Americans want to make history, again, to have first woman as their president, after they got the first color President of The U.S on Obama previously. So what happened if the power goes to Hillary Clinton? Well, it has never recorded in history woman ruler who became a tyrant but it always possibility a pioneer will ever risen even Hillary Clinton though…

Both candidates have an edge as well, Trump had historical records to raised from adversity, not once but twice, and that’s something America need at this time when their economies crushed and beaten by China. On the other side Hillary had the attitude to forgive people - as shown when she forgave her husband's affair with Monica Lewinsky - Hillary is believed to be able to establish better cooperation with Eastern power that growing enormously these days.

Well, whoever it is we'll see how the electoral process took place on 8 November and let us hope The Dead Zone prophecy may not happen if Trump wins...


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