V for Vendetta

In Alan Moore and David Lloyd’s novel, V for Vendetta, the main character, V, commits crimes and kills people in order to create a revolution to change the society he is in.  This government controls everything including what people read, watch, listen to and even where they go.  Everything is under surveillance but the signs read “For your protection”, which creates some suspicion about the true motives when the images are dark and gloomy through the novel.  V kills people that were involved in the Larkhill resettlement camp, which he was once kept in.  V destroys public places, such as The Parliament and the Statue of Justice as a form of symbolism for the people in the town, he also tortures people which is showing readers that killing people is okay as long as it for a good reason.

                As far as this book being in the form of a comic strip I feel it adds to the effect and brings out the emotions of the characters. People sometimes question whether or not a comic book is actual literature but I think that images add to the story in order the emphasize the action and emotions in the story. During  e story the pictures of the Larkhill camp and a necessity and it shows the readers what it actually happening.  When Gordon is murdered, Evey has flashbacks about her mother which creates and added effect for the reader and allows us into her mind’s eye. Also, the images throughout the novel  has small, specific details about history and culture during that time period which are interesting to find and make a connection to history and their impacts. Pictures also carry details that we as readers are able to flip back to and rewind for a small minute and make a connection between different parts of the story.