Essay about Dystopian Society, V for Vendetta

Through the dystopic texts of 1984 written by George Orwell and V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue, the concept of a cautionary tale is portrayed by the dystopic qualities present in the highlighted texts. To which a dystopic text is an exploration of restrictive and controlling societies which reflect modern day concerns. To portray the texts as a warning story, Orwell and McTeigue give depictions of the dystopic qualities of their worlds, through the loss of independence and freedom and emphasise the importance of the individual through its loss in the dystopic societies.

V’s anonymity calls attention to the public’s lack of access to information they need to know in order to protect them. He breaks in the television station and airs himself on all the televisions throughout the community and gives his Revolutionary speech. The scene itself displays the ideals of democracy and the necessity of people to be heard and recognized within their government. V specifically states to the people that "but if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me" showing his values in that the government must change in order for progress to be made.

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

V wears the mask and he becomes the concept of anarchy rather than the man he was before. He becomes the thought in the back of every British person’s mind. Once makes himself known to the public by broadcasting a speech on the Jordan tower, it gave the people a vision of the anarchy most of them so desired. This showing when the people can be seen breaking into stores. V stood for more than a hero, villain, or revolutionary, he was an idea. He even knew this saying,” Did you think to kill me? There’s no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There’s only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof.”( Moore 236). V took this idea from the mask

The sense of privacy is the feeling of knowing you are alone. That feeling is thrown out the window with the government invading it. A former NSA member named Edward Snowden exposed the NSA for illegally monitoring the people of America. This association had no regard in the people’s personal bubble. Constantly overstepping the line of boundary between public and confidential information. In George Orwell’s,” Nineteen Eighty-Four” the television watches you instead of you watching it. In this dystopian society, constant

The use of technology has a negative effect on the lives of the citizens in V For Vendetta¬ and 1984. The overuse of technology is forcing people to not speak freely and this lack of freedom does not have a good effect on their mental health. The government and the Party do not care for this though as the citizens are seen as below them. This general lack of care by the Party and the government on the respective worlds results in a bland and inhuman life. In each of the dystopias there are citizens, who are under the control of the Party, and there are also those who rebel, and these rebels are the problem. When a rebel is discovered in each of the two worlds they will simply be removed from existence explained by the quote “People

Despite the fact that some believe the everyday people do not contribute to the rise of dystopian societies, Alan Moore argues otherwise in Book Two, Chapter Three of his graphic novel, V for Vendetta, as he compares the citizens of London to an incompetent company worker. V criticizes how mankind has become complacent with their current lifestyle. V first commends people for the advancements and successes they had in the past, such as when man first landed on the moon. He refers to these advancements as "... promotions", which he has offers “... time and time again, and each time you’ve turned us down” (144). V reveals how people became happy where they are now, which led to them repeatedly reject further advancements in mankind in favor of war, or “... bouts of rowdiness in the staff canteen” (115), as V describes.

In V for Vendetta the James McTeigue film and Novel from George Orwell depicted on a masked vigilante ¨aka V¨ takes up arms using terrorist acts against a fascist government that abuses privacy and shows a dictatorship type government that rules against the people that live in this society. The masked man ¨V¨ What the author is trying to warn about the misuse of technology in this film and novel is that Privacy is an aspect of life that is abused, and violated. He thinks that one’s right to privacy is viewed as the ability to keep aspects and tangents of life close to one’s self.

The community of man is far from perfect, purely because of man’s greed to understand, own, and command everything. There is a concept of utopia that can never be achieved because of these reasons. When I think of man, I think of corruption, and disobedience because we are far from what God had created us to be. According to Ephesians 4:29-32 we must not let no corrupting talk come out of our mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from us, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

In V for Vendetta, a widespread of ideas/issues are explored such as what defines being a terrorist?, governments abuse of power and corruption, and the importance of freedom. This is shown through the use of conventions by offering V’s perspective on the governments through Evey’s perspective and voice, symbolism and characterisation. V’s perspective suggests that its government has turned into a totalitarian society that should be destroyed and build more of a democratic society. Also, that totalitarian societies benefits those people in power, and detriments those who are not, such as the citizens, and forces them to conform and lose individuality which is the complete opposite of a more desired government like a democratic one, in where the people is able to influence and has a voice in the government’s decisions. As V’s perspective is presented through Evey, this shows a powerful narration of her perspective on V as it is in first person, which influences the viewer greatly.

V cannot be defined by the violence. It is not him doing the crimes, but the vigilante is the product of the violence he experienced. At the beginning of the movie no one knew the reason V was committing all the crimes and wanted to get back at the government. Everyone just saw him as an unknown murder that is there to destroy their community. Throughout the movie were flashbacks of V in Larkhill. Larkhill was based off of Hitler’s concentration camps and the Nazi atrocities. V says that he lost his memory while at Larkhill, so during the timeframe of the movies events, even he did not know he was sent there. They locked him in a room with the Roman numeral five on the door, which is where he got the name V. The reason he was imprisoned because

The movie V for Vendetta is a thriller action movie, based on the 1988 DC/Vertigo Comics limited series V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. The movie was later produced in 2005 under director James McTeigue. The movie begins in London in the late 2020’s. The world is in a great turmoil and warfare, with the United States completely destroyed from a prolonged second civil war and europe is being destroyed from an outbreak of the St Mary’s virus. While all of this happened the Norsefire political party took control of the United Kingdom.

The people who saw the justified movie violence hadn’t discharged their anger through the vicarious participation in the aggression. Instead they felt freer to attack their tormenter in the next room. Their judgement of the propriety of aggression had been influenced by the motion picture scene. Since it was all right for the movie villain to be injured aggressively then it was all right for them to attack the villain in their lives which was the person who they had been insulted

The historical fiction movie, V for Vendetta, takes place in the 2020s and the world is in chaos and warfare as a result of a second civil war and a pandemic virus spreading in Europe. Also, The UK is ruled under fascism where “undesirables" are imprisoned and executed in camps. On November 4th, “V”, who wears a Guy Fawkes mask, rescues Evey and they watch his firework demolition of the criminal court building. V then takes over all TV’s and encourages the people of Britain to rise up against their government and meet him on next year's Guy Fawkes Night outside the Houses of Parliament. V takes Evey to his home, where she is told she must remain for one year for getting involved in his crimes. V goes on killing spree to get revenge on those

Since time immemorial human beings have been fighting one another by means of more or less murderous wars. Conflicts have evolved with time, in their organization, form and goals. Actors are different, new weapons have been created, technology has enormously developed, states’ interests have changed and, most of all, a new international relations order have been established. Nowadays it is not possible to fight a war the same way it was done during the Antiquity, or even last century. There are now international treaties and conventions that aim to regulate the use of forces in conflicts, as well as to limit casualties, especially civilian ones. Nonetheless, even though the world seem to have evolved in a more democratic and humanitarian way, wars are still common. There is no easy or unique solution to win a war, and the Laws of Armed Conflict, although they are not really respected, have not made it easier. However the best way to win a war today, if the aim is to win quickly, efficiently and with the less casualties and destructions as possible, could be to use the technology at disposal, that is to say drones, as well as the use of Secret Service Intelligence, disinformation and economic warfare. This essay will first focus on some previous notable victories and defeats to understand how conflicts have evolved over time and with the development of new means. I will then discuss the issue of ‘Just War’, and how it can be applied without jeopardizing the success of the