V: The New and Improved Fawkes On November 5th‚ 1605‚ the people of London celebrated the escape of their king from an attempted bombing called The Gunpowder Plot. A man named Guy Fawkes was in charge of the gunpowder stocked underneath the House of Parliament. Fawkes and his allies tried to destroy the government by destroying Parliament and the King because they did not agree with the views. Fawkes was found‚ questioned‚ and hanged. In the movie version of the comic V for Vendetta a freedom fighter
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prostitution to get by. Things like murder‚ assault‚ and extortion are government approved activities. Yet with all this going on around them the people do nothing. They stubbornly refuse to fight for change because it would cause them to face the problems of their world. Even after being saved from certain death by V‚ Evey still struggles with getting rid of her shroud. As she explained‚ “I.. I think I do. I mean‚ part of me just wants to stay in here forever and never have to go outside and face what’s going
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what the world could amount to if the Government were to take complete control. George Orwell’s 1984‚ published in 1949‚ is a classic piece of literature which displays a dystopian society where the public have no control over their own lives. V for Vendetta‚ directed by James McTeigue‚ is one of many films which has been based on 1984‚ following similar themes and ideas. Both texts exhibit how the Government abuse its power of science and technology to manipulate its people and control their lives
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In the story ‚V for Vendetta‚ it made me open my eyes to who and what’s around me in the world. Everyone has their own different personality and traits. Throughout life we meet thousands of new people every year but‚ the one thing that I notice was how people express their emotions or love in different ways. I compared this story to a personal reflection of how I read two characters‚ V and Evey. Both characters tend to show their love but in different ways. While reading the story you can tell
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V For Vendetta is a fictional movie following a fascist government in London. The main character‚ V finds himself fighting back for what is right using terrorist tactics‚ alongside his army of civilians. The government continues to overpower the people of London so V thinks the only way to stop them‚ is to destroy them. He says the powerful statement “People should not be afraid of their government‚ the government should be afraid of the people.” This sparks the plot so V stands up for the innocent
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During class we watched the movie V for Vendetta. While watching the movie we needed to answer the questions‚ “What is the media’s role in the movie” and “Are there parallels between the society in the movie and our society.” The media’s role is to report what the government tells them to report. They spin things to look how the government wants it to. For example‚ after V blows up the old bailey building they report it as an emergency demolition because the building was dangerous and that they
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having" (V from the film V for Vendetta). Since the first communist leader tried to over take a country‚ there has been another leader planning for a revolution. And Orwell was one to speak of how he sees the battle to be. Orwell has written several novels on the idea of revolutions against a superior government; one example would be Animal Farm and 1984. He has inspired others to write there ideas on the thought of the future revolution from a dictatorship of extreme power. The film V for Vendetta is
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V for Vendetta is a story set in a futuristic dystopian England where the totalitarian government rules over its people with fear and an anonymous anarchist named “V” aims to disrupt the government. The story was originally created in graphic novel format by author Alan Moore and artist David Lloyd between 1982 and 1985. Twenty years later‚ action director James McTeigue directed a movie adaptation of V for Vendetta. While both versions of V for Vendetta contain similar plot elements and characters
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Human degradation is used similarly in both Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and McTeigue’s V for Vendetta by taking away real food and replacing it with food produced by the leading authority‚ in V for Vendetta this is shown when Evey is given breakfast by V and is surprised that V has real butter‚ and in Nineteen Eighty-Four Winston complains about the coffee and is astounded when Julia has real coffee and chocolate which she stole. This connects with the readers experiences by using something extremely
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Fascist Britain: V for Vendetta V for Vendetta is a film about fascist Britain―secret police‚ religious suppression‚ concentration camps‚ death squads‚ and curfews―complete government control of life itself is in place countrywide. Britain is in trouble‚ the people need a freedom fighter to win back the country; and luckly when BTN employee Evey needs a hero most‚ V arrives. V is the newest anarchist on the block‚ with unusual powers‚ a mastery of martial arts‚ and extreme intelligence‚ V delivers the
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