V For Vendetta Evey Quotes

Evey is introduced as a compliant citizen in the movie V for Vendetta, who is just as afraid as the rest of the residents of London of what the government can do. She blossoms, however, with the help of V, into an independent, government-defying woman who wants and is willing to do what it takes to change the ways of the corrupt government. Though Evey doesn’t like strict laws that her government enforces, she is very much afraid of the consequences that could be placed upon her if she is caught disobeying the law. When she was caught in the alley going to Mr. Detrich’s house, Evey failed to pay much attention to the men who stopped her until they revealed themselves as fingermen, at which point she begged for them to let her go saying, “Oh, God, no. Please don’t do this. I’ll go home. I won’t do it again, I swear! …show more content…
When asked by V if she knew where she would go after she left his home Evey responded by saying, “No. That would have scared me before…but I suppose I should thank you.” (01:28:23) In earlier scenes Evey expressed to V that she wished she could be unafraid like her parents instead of being afraid all the time. Her saying that, led V to put her through the prison simulation that strengthened Evey into the person she became. Evey had “…faced [her] death…” (01:24:27) as V said, and was ready go out and live on her own. She showed vast amounts of maturity and independence in this scene. At the end of the movie, when Chief Detective Finch ordered Evey to remove her hand from the lever, she responded by saying, “No…This country needs more than building right now. It needs hope.” (02:00:39) Evey was not only displaying bravery and defiance, but in this scene, you could see and feel that she truly had come to believe that the government was corrupt and it needed to be changed. After that moment, Evey proceeded to pull the lever which signaled for the train to go and blow up the Parliament