The book 1984 and the movie v for vendetta

Orwell 's 1984 Vs . V For Vendetta

V For Vendetta is a film that shares a number of themes present in George Orwell 's book 1984 . The reason that they share such common themes is that Orwell 's book created a unique world that was open for much interpretation and many authors and filmmakers would revisited Orwell 's world and themes and put their own unique spin on the subject

SUMMARY OF V FOR VENDETTA : In the near future , a taken control of Great Britain and the regime has instituted a police state

designed more to protect the government than the population . A young woman named Evey is nearly raped by government officials when she is wandering the streets after curfew , but she is saved by V , a disfigured man who hides his scarred visage behind a Guy Fawkes mask (Guy Fawkes was a folk hero who was executed for planning to blow up Parliament in the 1600 's the same plan V has ) Eventually , Evey becomes his protygy in his plan , but , of course , the government becomes suspicious

Orwell 's 1984 spends a significant portion of its novel condemning the Soviet Union and into the Western Europe and the United States was a very real threat and the basis for the long standing Cold War that engulfed much of the 20th Century as , of course , history has shown . The concept of Big Brother ' truly did exist in the Soviet Union in 1948 when Orwell wrote his novel so Orwell 's vision simply exaggerated what was already in existence . The frightening world of Oceania was something that was easily possible and the warnings of what a government can do when it becomes out of control would go on to become a convention in science fiction literature for generations

V For Vendetta borrows ' this world of Oceania and scenario of adventure driven storyline designed to condemn the current policies of the Bush Administration and the war in Iraq . The constant use of terrorist ' in the film is so blatant in its connection to the current War On Terror and lacking in subtlety , however , that it loses much of its impact . In Oceania and Orwell 's 1984 , much is left for interpretation as opposed to blatant use of buzz words ' such as communism , Stalinism , etc

V For Vendetta , the film , attacks is replaced with a more liberal society . The underlying theme of the film is that the be replaced by freedom (nee liberal democracy , however , Orwell 's world also stresses such themes of freedom by showing the fact that there will always be a struggle present among those who wish to be free and a government that wants to suppress them . In both the film V For Vendetta and the novel 1984 , we see characters willing to take enormous risks in to remain sovereign and free despite the overwhelming odds that the government will crush any attempts at rebellion they may face . In a way , both films stress the importance of...