V for Vendetta is a graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd (with additional art by Tony Weare), published by Vertigo. The story depicts a dystopian and post-apocalyptic near-future history version of the United Kingdom preceded by a nuclear war in the 1980s which has left most of the world destroyed. There was movie adaptation made in 2005 but changed some aspects so it would reach a larger audience. This essay will specifically be looking at the comparisons between the “Voice of Fate” from the graphic novel and the “Voice of London” from the movie starting with a description of each followed by the differences and similarities between the two.
In the novel there is an overseeing group, similar to a government, that monitors everyone in London. This group takes on the symbol of “Fate” and go as far as convincing everyone that fate is a real being that depicts their everyday life. In reality the predictions Fate give are just predictions from an advanced computer system that can trick weather pattern with incredible accuracy (page ___) The government in the novel use these predictions to convince the people of london that Fate is always watching them so depending on what they …show more content…
In the novel Lewis is one of the major people holding the government facade in place. Everything he says is controlled by Fate and the government; nothing he says is ever agent their wishes and everything is recorded before hand (page ___) Overall he is very subdued with little to no violence or aggression in his words as he is just really there to keep the image of Fate alive in the eyes of the people. Once V stops a train carrying Prothero and kidnaps him the public start to doubt the image the government has been trying to keep in place. (page ___) Fate no longer “talks” directly to the people leaving everyone guessing. This is quite different in comparison to the book which will be talked about further
In the novel there is an overseeing group, similar to a government, that monitors everyone in London. This group takes on the symbol of “Fate” and go as far as convincing everyone that fate is a real being that depicts their everyday life. In reality the predictions Fate give are just predictions from an advanced computer system that can trick weather pattern with incredible accuracy (page ___) The government in the novel use these predictions to convince the people of london that Fate is always watching them so depending on what they …show more content…
In the novel Lewis is one of the major people holding the government facade in place. Everything he says is controlled by Fate and the government; nothing he says is ever agent their wishes and everything is recorded before hand (page ___) Overall he is very subdued with little to no violence or aggression in his words as he is just really there to keep the image of Fate alive in the eyes of the people. Once V stops a train carrying Prothero and kidnaps him the public start to doubt the image the government has been trying to keep in place. (page ___) Fate no longer “talks” directly to the people leaving everyone guessing. This is quite different in comparison to the book which will be talked about further