V for Vendetta.... V is all of us.

V, a man who wears a Guy Fawkes mask whom describes himself as an anarchist and is used as a symbol of revolution. V is the people. “He is not someone, he is in fact all of us” (Moore). V is a hero that takes matter into his own hands by doing terrorist tactics to then fight the oppressors. He rebelled against the corrupt government of the Norsefire party. V is a vigilante, and a person who fights for equal freedom for the people. This graphic novel is taken place in London’s dystopian future. V’s plan is to destroy British parliament and get revenge while changing society for the better and showing the people of England how they can all act into their own matters. The graphic novel as well as the film are both great and do have some differences between them.

Book one of V for Vendetta , plays a huge role the development and serving as the visual element to create the main idea of the novel. From the first three pages, and page 31 sums up the main idea. The text “you and me Evey, against the world,” (Moore) helped me sum up my main idea. The images on that page also play a huge role in showing the reader the important of subject-to-subject. The scene shows Evey and V talking about plans to take over, Evey’s life story, and the war. It is an important scene that helps mold the pieces together. Comics as well as Graphic novels do a great job in delivering the reader with eye-catching art that goes hand-in-hand with the text.

The theme that stands out the most to me is freedom. In the graphic novel, the Norsefire government of England does not have any sort of freedom for their people. . The closure is on chapter 2 of the novel, the reader is given the name of the radio station used by the government which is called “Voice of Fate” (Moore). The irony of this is that the theme of V for Vendetta is exactly the opposite of that. The name of the radio broadcast foreshadows an important meaning in the novel. Mind-blowing it is as well. Also, on page 172, there is a moment-to moment happening, V is with Evey as she looks as if she is free of everything.

The message V for Vendetta aims to leave the reader with is that freedom requires education and some sort of training, because without it there would be chaos. Like the novel, V educated Evey and taught her how to free herself from her mind to attain true freedom while also building her up to become a role model-like for the people. V is giving the message of standing up for one’s beliefs while then taking an action.

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Moore, Alan, David Lloyd, Steve Whitaker, and Siobhan Dodds. V for Vendetta. New York: DC Comics, 2005.

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