V for Vendetta

                I personally believe that the portrayal of the resistance and revolution to change in society in V for Vendetta is realistic in its ideas but fictional in its context. For instance, I believe that one person is capable of making a difference in the world and of killing a large number of people; however, the methods and actions used were somewhat exaggerated and fictional in context.  It is because of the realistic ideas in the comic that I sympathize with V, because to have been used as a lab rat for such horrifying experiments it is understandable to want revenge and repayment for one’s sufferings. The idea to change the tyrannical society is not wrong, and I suppose in some ways killing the bad guys is understandable in V’s point of view. However, I cannot agree with his methods of bringing about the revolution and change in society. Not everything needs to be achieved through violence, although violence may be the fastest way to achieve results. Thus, I believe V’s utilization of violence to bring revolution and change is incorrect in its methods but correct in its ideas. After all, violence begets violence. So, by utilizing violence as a catalyst innocent people could get hurt and involved, not only that but even if the head of operations is killed someone could just replace him. Thus, the idea of revolution to better people’s lives is an asset to society and is good, but the methods need to be more thoughtful in context.

                One passage in the graphic novel format that is really effective is the portrayal of the hellish scene that occurred during V’s escape. The explosions and the frantic people running around, the pandemonium aspects of the pictures helped to illustrate and imprint upon the readers minds the horrors of such violent events. Thus, in this case, the illustrations helped to leave a deeper impression upon the readers’ minds by showing the readers visually the horrors of the event. In this scene I slowed down with the picture of V in a background of fire, because it seemed to show him as the embodiment of vengeance and he is the fire that that will scorch away everything that stood in his way. The impact of the image far out weighted the words, because of the power of the image and fire that implied V as an avenging angel or demon.