James Janelle 4/27/17 V For Vendetta Essay
V’s behaviors towards the characters are mysterious. He saves Evey from being abused
by Finger men, and from the local news stations but on the other hand he blows up buildings that
are symbolic representations of the government Bailey Stature and Parliament building and kills
numerous people from his past without regret. A terrorist is someone who terrorizes or frightens
people, whereas a patriot is someone who will do anything to protect their country. V can be seen
as a terrorist because he seeks vengeance, at the same time he is being a patriot because of his
idea. This idea is the goal to attain freedom, he desires the people to rise up and take back their
country that they have a right to dictate who they desire to lead their government.
The government in V for Vendetta creates a dystopia by taking away the citizens;
Freedom of speech, freedom of individual thoughts and actions, and ultimately their right to
happiness in a world of cruelty, injustice, intolerance and oppression. Where once you had the
freedom to object, think, and speak as you saw fit, you now have sensors and systems of
surveillance. The government limits the rights of the citizens of such as restricting the music
being allowed to listen to, nontolerance towards homosexuals, select literature has been banded
such as the bible, the Koran and curfews were put in place. In V for Vendetta the government
spreads propaganda by the use of the media, in which they control how and what the news
reports by only allowing censor-approved programming on the BTN station. The televisions are
also used to display emergency broadcasts to show messages from the chancellor, these are seen
throughout London. The news cast broadcasted the death of a government official being of a heart stroke,
Evey knew that this story was false because when this particular anchorwoman is reporting
something she believes is not true, she continually blinks her eyes. The government uses the
media to cover up the truth and spread propaganda to the country leading the citizens to believe
the chancellor is in control of the situation. The government uses the media to keep the citizens
under their control, suppressing any form of uprising or protesting. The messages seem effective
because the announcement about the curfew was claimed “for your protection”. Evey is tortured
by V, physically and sociologically until she comes to the realization of V’s point of view. Evey
changed in that she becomes confident in herself, believing in herself that she has the ability to
make decisions for herself, not having to rely on the strict regulations that placed her in a
constant fear of what would happen to her if she disobeyed. She was able to forgive V because
she had the ability to arrive to an epiphany that gave her the gift she had always wanted, which is
freedom from fear.
This shows us that Evey is a strong willed person to not have sold out V, Evey became a
new person; she losses her old identity and overcomes her fears which empowers her to fight
back, even if it meant death. Through her newfound faith she was capable of making decisions at
the end to follow through with the freedom of her fellow countrymen, she found something that
meant more to her than life.Is violence ever justified, is a question that even Evey contemplates
leading her to betray V’s trust while on a mission for V during one of his murder missions.
Today’s society may feel that violence is the way to have social change, as voices at times can
only be heard this way. The biological attack that happened at St. Mary's and Three Waters was
caused by their own government. The deaths of almost one hundred thousand people, was
justified by the government for the sake of bringing people together. The horrific violence enforced fear and panic into the society and the chancellor came in as the savior; justifying a new
revolution in the society. A new form of government emerged, a totalitarian one.
In return to this violence; the high chancellor created order, peace, and all for the request
of the people’s silent, obedient consent. The act of violence invoked onto Evey was justified for
the sake of her understanding V’s expectation of her coming to the realization of V’s idea. Lastly
the violence occurring through V’s acts of protest against the government. With him killing the
memories of his past. Justified for the sake of freedom as well as his own personal vengeance for
what they did to him and his cell mates. Violence’s can bejustified by all means in different
perspectives. It is up to your own moral judgment if they are justified or not. In today’s society if
you have enough money you can get away with murder, thus money can justify murder. Through
the text V shows how the concept of changing perspective, V wants the nation to reevaluate their
perspective about the totalitarian government which runs it. When the people are afraid of the
government you have dictatorship but when the government fears the people you can establish
freedom. This is because the people are the majority of the population.
As seen at the end of the film, though the people did not have fire arms their numbers
were astonishing taking over the streets of London. “We are told to remember the idea, not the
man. Because a man can fail. He can be killed and forgotten. But four hundred years later an idea
can still change the world.” This quotation is a foreshadowing of what will take place in the film
four hundred years later than the event. On the fifth of November a man hoped to remind the
world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. Words are a
very powerful thing, they hold meaning and truth. No man is perfect and the man will succumb
to worldly things but ideas are bullet proof and they will live on in the lives of others. The individual will fail but the collective all sharing the same idea will be strong and are able to
change the world.
Dystopia means an imperfect society. It is the opposite of utopia, which means a perfect
society with no flaws. Dystopia is the word that comes to mind with the stories and political
horrors with government control, In book one of V for Vendetta, chapter five page 37, the leader
finally makes an appearance and he says, “ Leader of the lost, ruler of the ruins…I am a fascist…
I will not hear of freedom. I will not hear talk of individual liberty. They are luxuries. The war
put paid to luxury. The war put paid in freedom.” Here, we as the readers can understand already
that the leader is a selfish ruler who seeks nothing but control and power, and we understand that
in order to obtain power, a person usually stomps over others and their rights, abusing of the
minority is how power is obtained. My source states, “
A dystopian society would be where the government not only controls its citizens but also
takes away their privacy, civil rights, freedom and regulates the food and jobs one is allowed.”
We see all these factors included in the novel, for example, in the first chapter we see how the
government regulate curfew and citizens like Evey are punished if found in the streets after
curfew. 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. In stating this, V was
greatly influenced by Guy Fawkes, but he was not just doing it for rebellion. V’s past had a great
deal to do with why he tries to overthrow the Norsefire, but he is also motivated by the people, in
whom he believed he would help them take the country into their own hands and rise up against
their own government. We see this as the people proceed towards the parliament building in Guy Fawkes masks,
completely ignoring the army standing in their way, and watch the celebration of the parliament
building being destroyed. This scene demonstrates the influence that V makes, somewhat
separating himself from Guy Fawkes. Guy Fawkes never attains the collective support from the
people, but V successfully turns the people against their government, helping them realize that
the only way to stop the chaos is by doing something about it; in this case, rising up against their
own government. V blows up populated buildings, he murders heartlessly, and even manages to
torture the closest person to him, Evey, until she views the world as he does.
Although V’s actions are done in spite of the greater good, being the only one bold
enough to take on the Norsefire, by definition, V is still a terrorist. He is guilty of all these
actions, but V is still viewed as the “good guy.” History has a tendency to repeat itself. One of
humanity’s most popular ways of getting its point across is through violence. When words are no
longer enough to argue a point, human casualties not only directly solve the problem, but
symbolically send a message to all those affected as well. Just as the American colonies fought
against the British for Freedom when their voice was no longer heard, and just as the Islamic
extremists used terrorism to send an evil message to America, both V and Chancellor Sutler used
violence to gain a voice in a world of chaos.

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