Thomas Jefferson once opined, "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." Nearly two-hundred years later Alan Moore, the creator of "V for Vendetta" altered this quote making it “People shouldn't fear their government. The Government should fear their people.” Both statements, are similar that the people are in control of the political arena. In "V for Vendetta" the protagonist has been so upset by the undemocratic totalitarian government that has prompt him severe damage and his infinite desire to show demolition to the entire dishonest, unholy system. Thomas Jefferson experienced the dictatorship of a ruler solicit to rule the America's with unhampered, not stable, and …show more content…
The fear here isn't the common metaphor to punishment, the people have the ability to vote the government out of power is main fear. Thus, when the government fears the people, the government is not afraid of being brutally suppressed in the same sense as when the people fear the government. In addition, in support for the democratic style of governance in which the citizens have the power and the ability to elect whomever they want. Thus, the government fears to go against the will of the people because if they do, they can be replaced by someone who is willing to follow what the people want. I Think this is actually a good thing, in my opinion, in American president election here both republican and democratic are trying to stay loyal to their supporters. For that reason, all candidate are trying to get support from their supporters. All they want to win their voter mind. So a voter can vote for them and they become leaders. But personally, I think when they need the vote, they make a lot of promises.however, after they elected they actually forget what they have said in their campaign.they also forget and stop doing the job we hired them to perform. As Ovi-Wan Kenobi has said “ only Siths deal in absolutes.” why must we have only one, instead of neither. The main issue opposing everything I have said here is the system itself which runs on the lifeblood of politicians. Can we trust them to do best for their
Young men who are sent to a war learn the reality in a very harsh and brutal way. Both the stories, ‘The Red Convertible’ and ‘The Things They Carried’ portray the life of a young soldier and how he psychologically gets affected from all the things he had seen in the war. Tim O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried,’ is more specific on the experiences of a soldier during a war where as Karen Louise Erdrich focuses more on describing the post war traumatic stress in her short story ‘The Red Convertible’. One thing similar in both the narrations is the Vietnam War and its consequences on the soldiers. From the background of both the authors it’s easy to conclude that Tim O’Brien being a war veteran emphasizes more on the
Brent Staples of “Just Walk On By”, Judith Ortiz Cofer of “The Myth of the Latin Woman”, and Alice Walker of “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self” had discovered their personal/cultural knowledge and identity through their experiences. They might have different experiences in different situation or incident it has the same concept. Brent Staples and Judith Cofer had similarly uncovered how they are being alienated especially in their foreign place. They both had experienced to be mistaken as somebody else. Brent Staples was once mistaken for a burglar in a magazine company and a mugger in a jewelry store. Cofer was also mistaken as a waitress by an old woman while she was holding her notebook which an old woman thought a menu
The graphic novel V for Vendetta discusses the issues of totalitarianism in a dystopian version of a parallel England in the year 1997 following a nuclear war during the 1980s. Following the war, a fascist and white supremacist group took control and have been brutally controlling the English people ever since. In this age, the government controls everything, including censoring media and dictating personal behavior, setting a national curfew, and even sexual preference. There are secret police that do little more than torment the citizens. Those who do not follow along with the rules of this regime are sent to resettlement camps where they are exterminated. Dissenters, homosexuals, non-white people, and immigrants from other nations are all considered enemies of the state and are shipped off. After the government is overthrown the people respond by rioting and looting and it is unclear whether they will be better off in this new, free world.
In the film “V for Vendetta” directed by James McTeigue, the sequence I close read was the killing of Sutler, Creedy, and V. This sequence was extremely intense and had me sitting on the edge of my seat all throughout. Four techniques that were used in this sequence by McTeigue that made this so consuming were camera angles, camera shots, camera movement and sound effects.
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." V for Vendetta is an action packed thriller that involves lots of intense scenes and follows a great storyline. This film does an awesome job of keeping you on the edge of your seat throughout. This movie is great in showing that the people are powerful and can be in charge, if they put their minds to it.
In the film V for Vendetta, the director, James McTeigue uses symbolism, costume and dialogue to emphasise the idea of everybody having a right to individuality, and the right - and duty – to resist forced conformism.
By definition; love is a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. Love can be interrupted in many ways. Were we ever taught love or is it just a natural feeling towards a person? Some say you'll know the meaning of love when you fall in love, yet some don't believe in love at all.
Of the many symbolic masks, the Guy Fawkes mask stands out as one of the most effective, often being used as a “masked identity” in order to make profound statements. Not only does this secret identity create more attention to the “masked one” but it also diverts attention to the cause rather than the identity. Literally using a mask, Fawkes was the main influence of the character “V”, in James McTeigue’s, V For Vendetta. V’s connections and motivations to Guy Fawkes, his attempt to justify himself as a terrorist, and V’s concealment of his true identity, collectively define the message that V conveys to his audience: to break parliament and take control of their own country.
Imagine yourself living in a world where corruption, crimes, and where your government is failing, but preaching to thousands that everything is going to be just fine and perfect only if you follow and comply with their laws you will be just fine. Would you be just any ordinary bystander who follows or rise up and make a better society for everyone to live in? According to dictionary.com the definition of a hero is a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities but in the graphic novel the main character is quite the opposite representing the image of an anti-hero. An anti-hero is a protagonist that lacks conventional heroic qualities. In the graphic novel “V for Vendetta” by Alan Moore, Moore creates
Alan Moore was the author to the book “v for vendetta” and the director to the movie version was James Mcteigue now if it has the same plot is a question that I am going to answer for you. Alan Moore was the creator of v for vendetta and it was a very popular novel the novel was published in the year 1988. The movie came in a later time and was directed by James Mcteigue and released in 2005. Now when the movie was being made Alan Moore did not participate in the script writing and asked Brothers the producer of the movie to not include him in any promotional material and the reasoning for this is he had no part in writing the script or guiding James Mcteigue on writing the script. His reasoning is that he does not agree with most
The film is set up in a way so that the main character is narrating by her voice over someone reading a letter she wrote. A movie that has a similar set up to this movie is, “V for Vendetta.” The movie opens using the same technique of the main character reading a document which leads to their thoughts on the subject. The film then also ends with the main character narrating over the film to give their insights as the film comes to an end. It is similar because both movies have the main character reading over scenes of the movies as an easy way of introducing them, and informing the viewer of their opinions. This is an effective way to open and close a film because it gives the viewer a direct way to get to know the main character without it feeling forced. This tactic allows the viewer to find a more casual way to get to know the main character and what the movie will be about with their insights.
Those who have watched the movie either like the character V, or they don't, although most will go on the side of liking him. People like him because he is different, out of the norm. The movie V for Vendetta itself is out of the norm, it's based of the idea of an anti establishment. Having no authority to run the country may seem crazy, but then again what is the government really doing for us? None of the leaders in the world have a set plan on how something will turn out. None of them have a purpose on why they want to run the country. V for Vendetta is diverse compared to other movies because it's not just meant to entertain the public, but to send a message. The message is telling the world to wake up. Stop stowing away form the real world, wake up and see the truth. It may not look like it now, but the world is falling apart. With no proper leader how is it to run? From the moment everyone was born, they were told what to be or what to do. From the beginning of the movie V for Vendetta Evey was told what to do, when to do it, and how to do it, much like the citizens in the world today. It is up to everyone if they also believe in this. A lot of people complain about how the world is not run right, yet they do nothing to contribute. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”(Change The World
George Orwell said, “One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution. One makes the revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.” This essay will be comparing and contrasting Nineteen Eighty-Four and V for Vendetta since they are both fictional narratives based on totalitarian dystopian societies, where the government has the power over its citizens. The government can control what they want their citizens to believe and think through propaganda. This creates fear in the citizens of both societies. By showing that the everything which the current government is doing better than the government in the past for it citizen. It is useful to compare V for Vendetta and the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four with respect to their depictions of dictators, representation of propaganda in a dystopian society and the endings related to character development. Both societies can be compared with each other by a figurehead which is worshipped by the citizens of the society, propaganda is used to control the citizens of the society and the ending of movie V for Vendetta and Nineteen Eighteen Four book contrast with each other in character development.
In the text V for Vendetta, one of the main characters, ‘V’, was a freedom fighter/anarchist. He desired freedom from the
Yesterday, I saw a hero movie that is called V for Vendetta. This movie is created by DC Comic that is one containing many super heroes that I praise, for example, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern or super villain, Deathstroke. In this amazing movie, the main character is a masked man named himself, V. There is another protagonist, Evey. The core theme in this movie is “People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people” (V for Vendetta, 2005). This is original subtitle came from V. In other words, the theme is that a government involving terrorism, full with authoritarians, will be defeated in the end, because there must be someone standing out and resisting. This movie clearly described three typical genres of terrorism, anti-state dissident terrorism, ultra-right terrorism and state sponsor terrorism.