Wednesday, March 9, 2011


The actions that V took in this part of the graphic novel indicate that revolution is achieved by following anarchy and resisting against liars and justice; the truth had to be unveiled. V resisted against the Batch 5 (he didn't have physical deformities) he received from authority and against the prison he was in; it shows resisting is the only way to be free and not a slave. He was trying to make people who had great authority see for themselves how wrong they were for following certain rules and expectations; and maybe revenge too. He made Lewis Prothero go insane since he decided for V to receive the Batch 5, by burning what he loved in the ovens so he could feel how it feels to lose something/one important. V induced a cyanotic communion wafer to bishop Lilliman, since he would preach words he never followed, being a hypocrite. By eating that poisonous wafer, it’s as if he swallows his sins and dies. In a way V’s statement that anarchy equals freedom is too vague and inapplicable to everyone. Having rules and authority allows people to have a reason/excuse and comfort to do something, even if it’s wrong. And without authority, people would have a hard time making decisions and society would be more out of order; with no direction whatsoever.


There were many passages that got my attention but these were the most memorable:


-The passages where there are posters that keep subliminally suggesting to us to have a lot faith.


-Also, when V was about to enter the bishops house through the window, what the bishop was preaching to 
Evy coordinated with V’s actions (pg. 50). It just implies more strongly that the bishop was a true believer of his words, he would've seen V coming, or death coming.


-Last but not least, the passage where V shows Delia Surridge his face for the last time, the way the artist juxtaposes the images evokes peaceful emotion, especially ironic when she says in tears that his face is beautiful. (pg. 75).

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