abundant in both intertextual and contextual influences due to the universal concept of the struggle for freedom in the face of an oppressive regime. There are numerous works which can be associated with the novel; Alan Moore and David Lloyd’s V for Vendetta exhibiting traits indicative of influence‚ George Orwell’s 1984 providing much inspiration for both the dystopian society and methods of torture. Burgess achieves a sense of contextual relevance through the inclusion of various themes and motifs
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“Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for the wrong reasons” -Richard Buckminster Fuller In the totalitarian worlds of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) and V for Vendetta the ruling regimes have exploited technology that could be used for the benefit of humanity and tainted it with the purpose of securing their absolute control over humanity. They do this by censoring information released to the public‚ enforcing their own version of the past and present‚ and dismissing citizens’ right to
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Illuminating Aspects of Totalitarian Dystopias Through Character Lines Winston Smith from 1984 and Evey Hammond from V for Vendetta are used by their authors to showcase different aspects of dystopian worlds and totalitarian governments. Both characters face similar losses early in life‚ which play a role in their distaste of control. Evey faces the loss of her parents to an oppressive and dictatorial government. Winston similarly loses his mother‚ as described by Orwell in “[t]ragedy‚ he perceived
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Animal Farm V for Vendetta Animal Farm it is shown that Napoleon‚ takes over a farm V for Vendetta the Norse fire party takes over the city of London. Power in Animal Farm is used to control the citizens of the farm. Napoleon carries out the plan that Old Major had dreamt about. His plan was that all animals could live peacefully with no human to oppress them. V for Vendetta power is represented by the Norsefire party. They use their army to put the political prisoners‚ homosexuals and other
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wearing a Guy Fawkes Mask‚ appears and fights the fingermen to help Evey. After finishing with the last one of the patrol he takes unconscious Evey to his shelter. He takes care of her and tells her that his name is V and that he is a fighting for freedom and justice in this corrupt state. V embodies the principles of rebellion from an authoritarian state and he is wearing the Guy Fawkes Mask (who was a British terrorist who wanted to lead a revolution sparked by assassination and destruction) because
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The government didn’t tell the public that they do these kind of experiments on human beings in custody. The main character “V” brought lots of harm to the government by destroying building and killing important people to the government’s society. In the process the government covered it up by having the media spread lies saying that the explosions were intellentallol for fireworks
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foreign dialect‚ and its thought-provoking story line. Although graphic novels are frequently considered a form of pleasure reading‚ they are “slowly escaping the stereotype that they are picture books with no value to literacy instruction” (Watts). V for Vendetta managed to preserve the significance of a written narrative in addition to maintaining a fascinating story line. Day after day people read narratives‚ sometimes not even knowing what is going on. With the confusion from being lost in the book
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same side for the mobilization to work. In order to mobilize a population everyone needs to agree with the movement; convincing people is a lot more difficult when one has to convince a whole group of people. 1. 2. A. I agree with what V said when he stated “violence can be used for good.” The main reason I believe this is because even though there are only some instances in which evil has been used for good‚ there still are events that occurred for good. Some wars have been fought with
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Power is a concept that has existed for all of human history. The battle and struggle to maintain power creates stories that have come to shape our literary world today‚ and help us understand governement and its intended purpose. In V for Vendetta‚ we are introduced to a society where the government uses survelence‚ fear‚ and physical violence to ensure the country’s stability. What lies benaeth this surface however‚ is an entirely different world of rebels‚ terrorists that stand for justice‚ and
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The film ‘V for Vendetta’ (2005)‚ one sees the power of words in the statement “I am an Idea‚ ideas never die” (V for Vendetta‚ 2005)‚ this statement elevates one to create their own thoughts and opinions to convey meaning and consciousness to abroad society‚ and that is demoralized‚ and in some cases deemed as taboo subjects. Ideas reveal the power of language‚ how it can be used as a weapon of destruction or peace‚ words never die if they changed the world‚ this is in relation to the death theme
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