"Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
"The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
"Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V."
1) Write down the meanings of all the new words from the lines above in your vocab list.
"The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
"Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V."
1) Write down the meanings of all the new words from the lines above in your vocab list.
2) In the comments section write down all the similarities you noticed between George Orwell’s 1984 and “V for Vendetta.” (Click on the image to watch the last 10 min. of the movie that we couldn’t watch in class).
20 comments:
I noticed 3 main similarities between the movie and 1984:
1)The media is well controlled by the government. The Tv (or telescreen) channels especially were full of propaganda, the only noticeable difference was the person that ran the BTN (I think thats what it was called) may have gone a little of course and the government had to inervene by....
2)The extreme use of force by government to strangle the freedom of the public. Wether its singularly targeting one person or crushing a riot both governments feel that extreme force is necessary.
3)Both novel and movie have a 'risky' relationship in it. Where the protagonist meets a woman (strange how the protagonist is always a man right?) who has a history to them, a long story behind them and they put it all aside for each other. Their relaitonship seems to hinder the protagonists motives, but eventually the relationship helps the motive in the end.
1.The use of excessive torture to get out what the government wants from the people.
2.A rat in Eve's cell. It might have been coincidental but it might be a small reference to Winston's fear of rats. Not actually a similarity but I found it to be a nice touch.
3.People being monitored by the government
4.One party that pulls all the strings and allows no rebellion from the public
5.News being falsified by the government to persuade the public to accept their point of view
6.The main protagonist dies in the end
7.Posters around the city proclaiming the party's policy's similar to the "War is Peace..." posters in 1984
That's all I can think of at the moment..
Okay here are some similarities I noticed (sorry, it's going to be pretty repetitive, everyone will notice similar points):
- The media is controlled excessively by the government. The truth is modified and mostly eliminated and new truths are created.
- Protagonist is a man who gets involved with a woman, normally this relationship poses a threat to their lives.
- Intensive torture is used extensively. Wether to get information or to "punish" rebels.
- The government has brainwashed the people.
- Both governments are corrupt to the bone and hypocritical, the movie lets us explore that more, the book only hints at it.
- Propaganda... the slogans are similar too!
Ofcourse the BIG difference between the book and the movie is the ending, the movie gives us the kind of escapist ending we'd like with a dash of tragedy to make it digestible, whereas the book shows us a harsh reality.
1- The government has control over the people (heavy surveillance and curfews).
2- Slogans are posted everywhere.
3- Lies are publicized by the
media in favour of the government.
4- The protagonist forms a relationship with a woman who somewhat agrees to his ideas and doubts towards the government.
5- Torturing arrested civilians.
6- The government is against gay couples (similiar to the government being against adultery and disapproving of relationships).
7- Any civilian that insulted the leader was dealt with severely.
There are a few more, but these are the main ones.
I noticed quiet a few differences and I'm sorry I guess they might be repetitive
1. the protagonist dies at the end.
2. both share not exactly the same but some kind of relationship with a women.
3. the TV, media, is highly controlled by the government. you only saw and heard what they wanted you to and if anything went against their will that person was dealt with in the most horrible manner.
4. the acceptance of only one religion and disagreeing with homosexuality.
5. the slogans put up everywhere.
6. the punishment of any civilian caught committing a"crime:.
7. the rat in the cell.
8. the curfew, a time after which people were not allowed out of their houses.
uhmm yeah that's al that comes to mind right now!! will right more later :)
thank you sir!!! I really enjoyed both the book and movie!!!
1. the government controls what the media portrays
2. therefore the government controls what people think and the things they are exposed to
3. curfews
4. the government uses torture to gain information from people
5. posters everywhere
6. only the inspector (and those of higher powers) have a device which can prevent certain conversations from being overhead, similar to o'brien being able to switch of the telescreen because he was a party member.
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- The posters that were all over the city which is reminscent of the posters from 1984.
-The government monitored everything that everybody did in the vans that circulated all areas.
-The media was falsified a lot implying that there was brainwashing to persuade the public.
- The BTN channel was always on in every house, some how same like the telescreen in 1984.
- The torturing of the civilians for very poor reasons.
- If anyone talked against the party, they would be arrested.
- The rat in the cell.
-The protagonist has a relationship and also dies.
-V's layer is some what similar to the room above the shop.
Agreeing with the above comments:
+ The government monitors the citizens and controls the media!
+ There is a heroine who agrees with the protagonist.
+Cruel torture is involved!
+The Tv being watched by all citizens, like the telescreens.
+Posters and banners all over town.
+The protagonist dies in the end.
Thats all that i can think of!
Some similarities between 1984 and V for Vendetta include;
1. The power of the media, they seem to be very accurate in the sense of old and modern comparison. By this I mean V for Vendetta is like 1984 but faces more modern problems including the more modernized format of media control. Instead of the telescreen the media can simply reach everyone on television.
2. The "risky" relationship as Duwane said. Winston and Julia's relationship is very similar to V and Eve's. Both couple characters are risking their lives being together, but by remaining together they make each other stronger.
3. The lack of freedom the government provides to the citizens. For example, the curfew.
~The influence of the media towards the public is very strong and the government also has complete control of the media.
~Both main characters oppose the government, both have 'forbidden' affairs.
~The Government dont give people much freedom, with the curfews etc.
~Both enforces torture to civilians who try to oppose the party.
~Nikol 10g2
1. The main thing we notice during the first part of the movie, when V appears - Curfews. The government controls the people; what they do, and where they go.
2. The protagonist opposes the party, and a woman is involved in the process.
3. Propoganda - posters and news very much like that in 1984.
4. The government is not for couples - especially not for homosexual couples.
5. V and Eve share a relationship where if caught, they could both be tortured and put to death - very similar to the one between Winston and Julia.
6. Torture.
7. The rat in Eve's cell... Winston and rats never got along either.
1) The control over media, the tampering of the news!
2) Government control over the people, the curfews etc.
3) The fact that there is only ONE single party in power. No one can question them, no one ca oppose them.
4) They are glorified in every way. People are made to believe that it is them who need the party's support instead of vice versa.
5) Use of propaganda and slogans.
Sorry for the monotony! I guess everyone noticed the same things, :P
I'm going to stop this comments section from getting any more repetitious/monotonous/boring by pointing out one similarity which has yet to be addressed. The terrible social circumstances which the book and the movie show in their respective settings are successive to a time period which is short but even worse and above all - crucial for the government to initiate its totalitarian stranglehold upon the common man. Of course the differece within this similarity would have to be the fact that this time period differs between the book and the movie. In 1984 this time period is probably the devastating warfare whereas in V for Vendetta it's without a doubt the government-orchestrated breakout of the St.Mary's/Three Waters virus and the chaotic riots it sparked.
Sajid, you worry about your own post. There's no need to indicate whether the comments are repetitive or not.
-The government controlling almost everything
-The propaganda:that the government is the one that needs the people's support.
-The media modified by the government
-The rat
-The protagonist opposing the government's views
Aisha Bashir
10g2
Got it Sir.
Won't happen again.:)
The similarities were:-
Media- showed everything that the government wanted its citizens to see.
The government- that controlled every aspect of life
The rat
The protagonists- they are against the party
Propaganda- the different methods used control the people.
I just watched the movie again yesterday, first time since we watched it in class in 10th grade. The similarities between George Orwell's 1984 and the movie were shocking to be honest, because although the plots are not quite the same, the central theme is the same and the details and descriptions through which the theme is conveyed are quite similar. The totalitarian control of the government over the people is quite obvious from the very beginning of the movie through the idea of the curfew for all citizens. Obviously the fabrication of information and absolute control over the media is one similarity that is hard to miss. There's a part where one of the characters who work at the TBN network says: Our job is to report the news, not fabricate it, that's the government's job.
The idea of being wired all the time and the fact that the chancellor appears in a huge screen giving orders to the members of parliament reminds me of the telescreen.
Another thing is the government's ability to wipe people off the face of the Earth, like Evie's parents, her brother and her friend Gordon. The moment the police got to them, they were no longer to be heard of.
There's also the slogan. In 1984 it was War is Peace, Slavery is Freedom. In the movie it's :"Victory through unity. Unity through Faith".
Then there is of course the part where V serves Evie eggs and tells her he stole the butter from a shipping going for the chancellor, as he enjoys the luxury of having butter and warm milk. Quiet similar to the part in the book where Julia gets fresh coffee and real sugar from the black market and tells Winston that certain members of the part enjoy the luxury of such foods as well.
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