Sunday, May 17, 2015

V for Vendetta

     In the book V for Vendetta, V represents in general the concept of anarchy and rebellion. What he does in the book is not justice; for the people he kills never technically killed him. In the books the author shows this is many ways. 
     One example of how he shows this with the scene where V approaches the Justice statue and says that anarchy is his mistress. This shows how he does not think justice so is important as anarchy anymore and how he is dismissing true justice. Another example is when V teaches the lesson to Evey that she is inflicting fear and self destruction on her self through the jail in the Shadow Gallery. He has not tried to be just and fair in this situation but just has no remorse towards it. This shows he can never truly hold justice closest to him. An example of an instance where this is not the case is when Evey is being attacked and almost raped and he saved her without question. This shows V's humane side and how he can have traces of sympathy and humanity left in him. This interferes with his cold emotionless exterior the tried to put forth. 
     Overall, V is a complicated character but something he holds dear is the belief that anarchy can break the system they live in. Because I believe he represents anarchy, I also believe that he can break the system which he had already been doing for months. This is why I think he represents anarchy and rebellion. 

1 comment:

  1. really good job! this blog post really digs deeper into the character v and you really made me believe that he represented anarchy and rebellion. now I want to read the book! :)

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