BUENVENIDA, Raine / 11540354
GREATWK FINAL ASSESSMENT MINI-PAPER
ESTORES, Kate / 11518871
GREATWK A51 / December 13, 2017
V FOR VENDETTA FINAL PAPER
PART I. Ideas
Briefly define and describe the following concepts:
Authoritarianism via Hannah Arendt
According to Arendt, authoritarianism is defined by its emphasis on constant movement, which dismisses the individuality of man by compelling him to become just a puppet in the grand show of history. Its essence is terror and the sole purpose of it is to tramp on the uniqueness and spontaneity of man.
Fascism and Norsefire
In Norsefire, fascism was reflected by how the military and the dictator (Adam Susan) controlled the society. The society was watched thoroughly through their actions and …show more content…
The interventionist interpretation somehow shows that the aim of anarchistic literature is to break walls to build something new. An example from the graphic novel would be V’s mindset that in order to successfully attain peace and bring a new world order, violence should be used to break the previous order. And cultural prefiguration highlights the ability to foreshadow new aspects of cultural development and anarchist writers often made use of images such as “the new world.” Again, in the world of Norsefire, V wants a “new world” of peace and wants to oust the Norsefire government. Cultural prefigurations mean that readers and writers are responsible for basing their lives on the knowledge they have acquired and produced in both actions and texts. It goes beyond predicting the next literary trend, it must include all forms of ideologies and …show more content…
Remnants of democracy can still be found in the will and fear of the people. If the people of England did not remember or long for democracy, actions against the Norsefire government would not happen. Today, democracy is still very much relevant. Most countries have fought blood and sweat to get their freedom and that is something that the world values until today. It may not seem like it but people today enjoy the benefits and rights from democracy. Though not everyone are aware of it nor exercises it, our rights and liberties are always with us. Simple daily activities are manifestations of our rights, the fact that we can freely post and speak in public or private is one concrete example of it. And our mere existence right now, despite our differences, is also another proof that democracy is still relevant today because if we were in the 1940s, some of us would be unjustly killed over our
GREATWK FINAL ASSESSMENT MINI-PAPER
ESTORES, Kate / 11518871
GREATWK A51 / December 13, 2017
V FOR VENDETTA FINAL PAPER
PART I. Ideas
Briefly define and describe the following concepts:
Authoritarianism via Hannah Arendt
According to Arendt, authoritarianism is defined by its emphasis on constant movement, which dismisses the individuality of man by compelling him to become just a puppet in the grand show of history. Its essence is terror and the sole purpose of it is to tramp on the uniqueness and spontaneity of man.
Fascism and Norsefire
In Norsefire, fascism was reflected by how the military and the dictator (Adam Susan) controlled the society. The society was watched thoroughly through their actions and …show more content…
The interventionist interpretation somehow shows that the aim of anarchistic literature is to break walls to build something new. An example from the graphic novel would be V’s mindset that in order to successfully attain peace and bring a new world order, violence should be used to break the previous order. And cultural prefiguration highlights the ability to foreshadow new aspects of cultural development and anarchist writers often made use of images such as “the new world.” Again, in the world of Norsefire, V wants a “new world” of peace and wants to oust the Norsefire government. Cultural prefigurations mean that readers and writers are responsible for basing their lives on the knowledge they have acquired and produced in both actions and texts. It goes beyond predicting the next literary trend, it must include all forms of ideologies and …show more content…
Remnants of democracy can still be found in the will and fear of the people. If the people of England did not remember or long for democracy, actions against the Norsefire government would not happen. Today, democracy is still very much relevant. Most countries have fought blood and sweat to get their freedom and that is something that the world values until today. It may not seem like it but people today enjoy the benefits and rights from democracy. Though not everyone are aware of it nor exercises it, our rights and liberties are always with us. Simple daily activities are manifestations of our rights, the fact that we can freely post and speak in public or private is one concrete example of it. And our mere existence right now, despite our differences, is also another proof that democracy is still relevant today because if we were in the 1940s, some of us would be unjustly killed over our