Graphic Novel “V for Vendetta” Close to the novel 1984 Which colors are associated to the 3 main characters? V: red white black Evey: Orange Finch: grey Themes: vendetta freedom the man behind the mask. Is V good? There is no good and bad in this story‚ it just right and wrong. How is terrorism justified? How is tourism justified? What are the danger of democracy and dictatorship? V‚ meaningful All the chapters’ titles are beginning Being free or nothing Chasing freedom
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Víctor Hernández 11th Grade English November 25th‚ 2013 There’s no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There’s only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof. An idea is a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action. It is an aim or a purpose. And as the notorious anarchist‚ “humble vaudevillian veteran” and “vestige of the vox populi” says‚ they are bulletproof. The concept of an idea is an impalpable matter that lies on the thoughts of the encephalon of the human being. An idea arises
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Compare and Contrast the Philosophies of John Locke‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ and Karl Marx In the idea of human nature; origin of state‚ the nature of government‚ the rights of regulation can be drawn as the reflection of insightful philosophies of John Locke‚ Thomas Hobbes and Karl Marx. By understanding this within the context of human nature‚ we can see their ideas play to how they perceive a modern philosophy. Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto illustrates the desire to build "a society without economic
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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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way government should be run‚ while some ideas would benefit the community as a whole‚ others would destroy it and cause chaos. For example‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ as expressed in Leviathan‚ believed an absolute monarchy was the best and only way to govern a country. He believed that this government was the only one that could maintain peace. In Leviathan Hobbes argues that absolute monarchy is the only right form of government and believed that any form of ordered government is preferable to civil war
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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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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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In the Leviathan‚ Thomas Hobbes argues that the fallacies of the State of nature can be remedied through the social contract.” if they think good‚ to a monarch as absolutely as to other representative“(pg. 241). Hobbes claims that the monarchy is the best form of government. I believe he assumes too much when he argues that the monarch will work for the same interests as the people and does not consider the alternative of a monarch who becomes corrupt from the absolute authority given to him. I will
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