V For Vendetta Authoritarian Government

Notably, authoritarian governments substantially influence the orientation of a society with multiple methods. In V for Vendetta, the authoritarian government employs the combined efforts of five different departments in order to suppress the citizens of Britain. Utilizing a police force known as the Fingers, the government continuously uses physical means to enforce the immensely subjective laws while remaining imposing to the denizens (Moore, et al. 11). And then, the government manipulates the population through broadcasting since the airwaves are inundated with constant propaganda (Moore, et al. 17). In addition, the government exploits the omnipresence of surveillance cameras in order constantly monitor the masses and this method prevails as the government’s most formidable technique to quell the citizens. Observed on the first page of the graphic novel, a panel depicts

9). Thus, this scene immediately establishes that these cameras are used to watch the people and manipulate their behaviors to coincide with the government’s desires. Although the authoritarian government relies on other secondary methods, such as brute force and propaganda, it predominantly relies on the surveillance cameras to deter actions against the government. Seemingly, Moore suggests that surveillance is the instrument to restrain the citizens. Similarly, the Capitol relies on equivalent techniques to maintain order and control over the inhabitants of Panem. While the Capitol, the authoritarian government ruling over Panem, employs comparable methods like the police force to physically intimidate the populace and the constant monitoring of the citizens. While Katniss wandered through an uninhabited forest, she unconsciously commented, “‘District Twelve. Where you can