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    V for Vendetta, by Alan Moore, outlines a man’s quest for revenge and desire to change the society in which he lives in. The novel is set in England in 1997. The country has been consumed by war, famine and disease, and in response the government seizes the opportunity to gain complete control. England becomes a fascist dictatorship, offering the citizens a promise for peace and safety in return for their complete submission. The people resign to an enforced contentment, and decline to fight for

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    America. Also to show how corrupt and poor political decisions have caused schools to look to corporate funding for money. Moore argues that politicians have neglected the educational system. This neglect has allowed for corporate businesses to come in and solve their problem but with their own priorities in mind and not the futures of the children. Throughout “Idiot Nation” Moore gives examples of ignorance in America and gives us more insight on why he has such a negative view on the educational system

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    “Watchmen” by Allan Moore was overly great and entertaining to read. Especially, the last chapter “A Stronger Loving World” had impactful visualizations that captured my eyes. I was so dumbstruck how Allan Moore put a humongous and ugly monster in the panel which had been teleported to the middle of New York City slaughtering millions of innocent citizens. The way he expressed hideousness in that scene with a dark blood surrounding the bodies added an intense feeling of gruesome too. Moreover, I

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    film, Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore turns his eye on George W. Bush and his War on Terrorism agenda. Through facts, footage and interviews, Moore illustrates his opinion of how Bush and his companions have gotten America into worse trouble than ever before and why Americans should not stand for it. When tragedy hits America with the 9/11 attacks, Moore explains how Bush failed to take immediate action to defend his nation. In the film, Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore is trying to persuade his viewers

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    "Bowling for Columbine" by Michael Moore about gun control he argues that gun violence in America is massive and it can be helped with stricter gun control laws and changes to laws and policies. He builds his argument through the uses of pathos, logos, and explanation of the evidence. Moore used pathos to address his audience directly and appeal to them more emotionally. Throughout the film, he often shows videos, images, or sounds that evoke sympathy from the viewer. Moore conclusively demonstrates pathos

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    The Watchmen Mythology

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    The Watchmen is a action, mystery, and sci-fi film which is directed by Zack Snyder and tells the story of a dystopia 1985. Each character in the film has their own significance and through the flashbacks of certain characters we find out how the world, and the characters, ended up the way they did. When the group of retired superheroes return from their retirement, they are called back together once again to investigate the murder of the comedian who is one of their own. The death of the comedian

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    Michael Moore was born on April 23rd 1954. He’s an American film maker, author journalist and a liberal political activist, who has directed and produced four of the eight highest grossing documentaries of all time; he was also named by the Time Magazine in 2005 like one of the world’s “Hundred most influential people”. Moore was born in Flint, Michigan, but he was raised in Davison’s suburbs, his childhood was tainted by the use of guns; he used to play like any other boy with toy guns, which were

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    Roger And Me

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    Post-Industrialization: an attack on the individual “Roger & Me” (1989) by the famous activist documentary film maker Michael Moore explores the themes of post–industrialism in his home town of Flint, Michigan while trying to track down Roger Smith the GM of General Motors who began shutting down Flint auto plants in 1985, eliminating over 30,000 jobs. Within the post-industrial theme, the film explores several key ideas that tie neatly into the concept of “the attack on the individual.” The key

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    Smiley Face In Watchmen

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    The smiley face in the comic book Watchmen is the most recognized image, which is iconic throughout the entire storyline, especially in the beginning and at the end of the story. The smiley face has a blood stain spattered from its center to the upper left which is interpreted as a clock’s minute hand that points at twelve minutes to the hour which is in particularly implied to have a connection with the Doomsday Clock. According to this, the few minutes left are interpreted to be representing how

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    In V for Vendetta, by director James McTeigue, the character Evey experiences a rebirth by shaving her head. Her conversion is forced upon her by V through torture and imprisonment, forcing her to deal with emotions that she had been running from her whole life stemming from the government killing her mother and father because they were political activist; rebelling against the false truth that the country forced upon their people. Knowing this, the imprisonment pushes her to live without fear invoking

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