Life of a Twig
In the book Nineteen Eighty-Four the government is corrupted, people are being taken every day by the though police because people have thoughts about going against the government or writing in a journal about the government. In the film “V for Vendetta” the government is also corrupted. In the film V for Vendetta and the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four have a lot of similarities. Both the novel and the film are dystopias. In Nineteen Eighty-Four people are controlled by people of the inner party and a totalitarian government. The film V for Vendetta people are controlled by a totalitarian Government as well. Though Nineteen Eighty-Four and V for Vendetta were written over 50 years, apart they both send a message that rebellion is worth sacrificing everything. In Nineteen Eighty-Four if a citizen had any thought of trying to take down the government he were taken by the secret police. In chapter one “The thought police will get him just the same. He committed would have committed even if he had never set pen to paper. Thought crime they called it”. The government wants to make people fear for them. They put people in charge so that if anyone talks about taking the government down the government will send officers to make sure that thought does not progress into something bigger. Having a totalitarian government is really negative because of that this world will never be normal in any kind of way. The world would be so much better without a totalitarian government. In the film V for Vendetta citizen are ruled by a totalitarian government. The website www.imdb.com says “A freedom fighter known as V uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressive society rescues a girl from the secret police”. The government is corrupted because they are taking people. No one is going to challenge the government but one man. People shouldn’t have to rebel against their government just to become a better society the government should share the same power