Terrorism has been long regarded as an atrocious act of mankind, one of the worst possible actions that could be done by human beings, yet, V for Vendetta, created by James McTeigue, depicts a terrorist who fights for freedom, revenge, and what he finds to be just, completely different from the characteristics of terrorists that all people believe is true. In, V for Vendetta, the main character, known only by the letter V, represents revenge for a society wronged by its government and fights as a terrorist for freedom. V himself had been wronged by the government and knows of the corruption in its ranks, and as such, V has taken it upon himself to take revenge on the government that has wronged him and the people. Through taking it upon …show more content…
The use of irony in V for Vendetta is extremely prevalent and is demonstrated many times over by the actions of characters such as Lewis Plethora, BTN news network, and the government itself. The way McTeigue uses irony demonstrates the flaws in the government and the way the government takes away the personal liberties of the citizens. In V for Vendetta, Lewis Plethora is a news anchor on BTN news network and is known for his passionate support of the government and hate for terrorist, anarchists, and all others who oppose the government. Lewis Plethora fought in many wars and worked in government facilities, such as Larkhill, and he is depicted as a strong supporter of the government and is a representative of the government himself. Of the scenes we see with Lewis Plethora, we see that all his accusations against V directly relate to what the government actually does. At one point, Plethora says “I'll tell you what I know. I know this is not a man. What is he? A man does not wear a mask. What is he? A man does not threaten …show more content…
V himself claims that he is a symbol, a symbol for the people to follow, so as to stop the corruption of the government. An important characteristic of V is that he is always found in a Guy Fawkes mask which although it represents Guy Fawkes’s plot to blow up parliament, V’s mask also represents the calling for revenge that is shared by V and the people of Britain. On the day V planned to carry out his plan to blow up parliament, V sent out Guy Fawkes masks to tens of thousands of British citizens, so as to start a revolution and gain support from the people. The thousands of citizens willing to put on the Guy Fawkes mask are showing they are united in their call to freedom and united in their anger against the government. V is the embodiment of the people’s anger, he is a symbol of their desire for freedom, and his mask represents his unity with the citizens’ desire for freedom and feelings of anger. Another important symbol that is used by McTeigue is Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, which V uses as his theme music when he blows up the government’s statue, and also when he blows up parliament. If taken as a literal parallelism between the situation the 1812 Overture is used on, the meaning of the music becomes quite ironic, as Tchaikovsky created the music to commemorate Russia’s, thereby the Russian Government’s, defense from an attack by Napoleon Bonaparte; This is ironic as V uses the
In 102 Minutes, Chapter 7, authors Dwyer and Flynn use ethos, logos, and pathos to appeal to the readers’ consciences, minds and hearts regarding what happened to the people inside the Twin Towers on 9/11. Of particular interest are the following uses of the three appeals.
The chapter, Church, has the troop hold up in a church for a few days. In the church, the monks take an immediately likely to the troop help with food and weapon cleaning. A few of the soldiers discuss what they wanted to do before the war. The troops learn more about each other and insight into what faith can be to them.
American Sniper is the movie that I chose to analyze because it is full of moral and ethical decisions that have to be made. The movie starts off with a boy at school that has to go pull a bully off of his little brother and he ends up beating the bully up so bad that blood is all over his face. The boys name is Chris Kyle. The film then skips forward to when he is in his twenties and is riding a bronco at the rodeo since that is his passion. He then decides to join the Navy and become a SEAL after he feels like his purpose was to serve his country. He gets deployed to Iraq and the mental part is hard on him especially when he has to shoot a women and a kid when he sees them trying to throw a grenade at a group of Marines. He tries to help
Truman Capote showcases his very distinct style of writing in his true crime novel, In Cold Blood. Capote intentionally frames ruthless murderer Perry Smith as a relatable, well-intentioned human throughout the whole novel, and employs various rhetorical devices to show us that Perry is not just a stone cold killer. Specifically, Capote uses diction comprised of complex words, interviews conducted by Capote personally in which he interacted with the suspects and their loved ones, and sentence structure that came off as very to the point, in order to illustrate Perry’s dynamic and unique personality, opposed to the one dimensional heartless murderer many made him out to be.
V for Vendetta is a great movie to watch in Civics class. It is a perfect film to discuss issues related to civics as it talks about citizen’s duty to overthrow corruption and more. As it is set against the ‘futuristic landscape of a totalitarian Britain’, this story focuses on a young working-class woman named Evey. In the event of being in a life-death situation, she meets V who rescues her. V makes her realize that she has the potential to do anything she desires and discovers the truth about herself as well as V. This movie is covered with various relations to Civics.
Hosseini’s purpose of writing the Kite Runner was to teach the readers the different ethnic groups in Afghanistan. The main character, Amir, is a Pashtun and Pashtuns are Sunni Muslims, then there are Hazara’s that the Pashtuns do not get along with. Hazara’s are not welcomed by the Pashtuns because they are different social classes.
I chose this word because the tone of the first chapter seems rather dark. We hear stories of the hopes with which the Puritans arrived in the new world; however, these hopes quickly turned dark because the Purtains found that the first buildings they needed to create were a prison, which alludes to the sins they committed; and a cemetery, which contradicts the new life they hoped to create for themselves.
The approach towards freedom is hard to achieve against a totalitarian government, but possible to win with the people’s belief. 1984 by George Orwell and James McTeigue’s V for Vendetta portrays the same idealism of the anti-heroes, Winston and V. An anti-hero is “a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose” (“Antihero”). Winston is not courageous, peaceful, and self-centered along the path of freedom for Oceania, whereas the anti-hero, V, is violent in his actions, impatient and careless in his pursuit to free London from the totalitarian government. As a matter of fact, V and Winston have the opposite behaviours; this is significant because it helps to compare the approach of the anti-heroes toward freedom. At the end of 1984 and V for Vendetta, the result of their approach is different from each other; Winston gives up on the liberation of Oceania, while V dies knowing that London is freed from Norsefire Party.
Howard Roark’s speech in Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead displays the author's personal philosophy of objectivism. Objectivism is an idea that Ayn Rand had developed and promoted in her works of literature. Objectivism advocated for the rights of individual freedoms such as someone being able to do whatever that person desires with their own creations. In this case, Ayn Rand’s character Howard Roark; who had dynamited his own building . Through Rand’s persuading diction, immense detail, and powerful organization, Ayn Rand takes a stand through a fictional character to promote the idea that an individual should be able to live freely without society or the government scrutinizing him.
Rhetorical Analysis V For Vendetta The Speech Precis: The character V, in his speech to the citizens of London, suggests that words are the most powerful weapon one can possess, and the truth can be deep under the surface to reveal even greater power. He supports his claim by referencing historical events, relating himself to his audience, and even blames the people for the problems he is addressing, creating a sense of responsibility. V's purpose is to frighten, motivate, and inform the citizens so that they too will see that their world is corrupt, and cannot be tolerated any longer. He adopts a calm, yet firm tone to emphasize the gravity of what he is saying, while also trying to not act like
Through this dramatic irony Orwell is trying to picture to the audience the selfishness of the pigs, and so criticizing the selfishness of Stalin and the leaders of the Russian Revolution. The selfishness of totalitaristic leaders is also depicted in V for Vendetta. James McTeigue draws this idea into V for Vendetta through allusions to the Nazi Party and Hitler. This allusion is established throughout the film, with direct representations, such as the close up of the Nazi flag in Gordons house and through the symbolism of the finger men logo which vaguely resembles the swastika. Allusions to Hitler are also drawn straight from Sutler himself. The rhyming of Hitler and Sutler as well as during flashbacks of
The setting of the film, as a whole, displays Marxist ideas of capitalism. One of the foundational themes of Marxist thought is that, within a capitalist society, there will be a distinct polarization between two classes: The ruling class (bourgeoisie), and those whom they rule over (proletariats) (Korczynski, Hodson, & Edwards, 2006, p. 33). V for Vendetta takes place in a not-so-distant future version of a dystopian England.
In “ V for Vendetta “ Fear became the ultimate tool of this government”. Adam Sutler is able to create a constant fear factor in the citizen’s mind by filtering everything that the media broadcasts. The attack on Old Bailey and Jordan Tower was deemed a “terrorist” act. V was labeled as a “psychotic terrorist”. The media claimed that V used explosives and weapons against unarmed civilians.
In Kirby Dick’s influential documentary “The Invisible War,” filmmaker Kirby Dick uses pathos, ethos and logos to gain information and supplementary details to make his point that there is an epidemic of rape in throughout the DOD (Department of Defense) and the fact that military sexual trauma (MST) in the United States military goes unheard, mostly unpunished and needs to be addressed at a higher level.
According to the director of V for Vendetta (2005) a political agenda founded on the idea that people should be free to live as they choose and stand up for their principles without compromise, given there is no negative impact on positive social cohesion, is preferable. Film techniques are employed in the film to convince the audience to embrace this idea. Characters who believe in the ideology are presented as likeable and the film’s heroes resulting in the audience viewing the ideology in a positive manner. Conversely, the antagonists of the film are made to be those who practice a polar opposite ideology causing the audience to associate opposition to the ideology with villainy. While the film acknowledges that the actions taken to advance