Frankly, I'm disappointed with the group discussion we had. While I agree that the colors were bland and the panels were too close, making it a bit difficult to read, it has a great story that we never even got the chance to talk about. The one question that I love to ask people after they read this book is did V do this for justice or out of insanity? No doubt the man was a little off his rocker after all the experiences he had in the camp. I don't imagine anyone would come out of that and not be a bit on the crazy side. The world he escaped back into wasn't that much better either. The constant security that these people are under create a terror and fear that you can seem to sense throughout the book. The secret police are crooked and the official government is not much better. Like I said in class, this society is extremely similar to 1984. The Head is Big Brother, the different departments are like that of the Ministry (s), the secret police are the thought police, both societies are poverty stricken and surrounded by cameras to watch their every move. There's no doubt that the writer must have picked up 1984 at some point in his life and used some of the features for Vendetta. I also get a Holocaust type feel when reading about the camps and their experiments. The Nazi's often preformed drug and other experiments on many people, especially twins/siblings, the mentally handicapped, and children. Similar experiments are preformed in the Vendetta camps.
So there is where his base crazy stems from. But what about the torture he put Evey through? Did he really think that it was the best way to "teach her"? True, experience is the best way to learn anything. But dang! She went through so much and that on top of it began to make her even a bit crazy. How does starving, beating, and degrading anyone make them "see the way"? I supposed it worked though, because she did end up taking his place. So, 10 points to the psycho?
Also, even though he really seemed to "payback" the people that made him who he is pretty hard, I find a bit of justice in that. Some may have been a bit much, but hell, these people destroyed the lives of so many people.
Based on that and other drastic events....Crazy or not? You decide.
While Evey did end out taking his place I don't think she'd use quite the same actions as V. She has the same mind set but she's adverse to killing people. I would assume that's why V wanted her to take his place so that the changes would not be focused on violence but more on construction and the rebuilding of society.
ReplyDeleteI can totally see that. I think that V really did want to change society, but a lot, if not most, of the killing was for personal reasons. Part of me wants them to make a follow up book, but at the same time I don't want it to be ruined with a shitty sequel.
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