V For Vendetta Rhetorical Analysis

V for Vendetta is a story about a man’s quest to not only avenge the wrong doings of his totalitarian government but also to liberate his society from its state of enforced conformity. The movie depicts a fascist government that rules under the guise of God and has come into being after a period of war, famine and disease hit the country. The fear that follows this period causes the people to give in to this government which in return provides them with a false sense of security and complacency and it is this attitude of the public that man V wants to change- he wants to give them power and freedom. He addresses this issue when he overtakes the main broadcasting room of the nation’s widely broadcasted news network – BTN. He begins his speech saying that he like any other “appreciates the comfort of everyday routine, the security of the familiar and the tranquility of repetition” but that there is something wrong with this country and it is the society that is guilty for the country’s current state because “fear” got the best of them. …show more content…
So, the government in V for Vendetta takes every step to ensure that its people stay away from such an experience and hence the ban on any form of art and creativity- music, books and paintings are forbidden and anyone who owns them is arrested. Gordon Dietrich, a talk show/comedy show host, is shown to be arrested for his satirical show on the High Chancellor Adam Sutler and later executed when a copy of The Qur’an (a religious book) and other banned items are found in his home. His arrest/execution is a perfect example of how the government wants to make sure that the masses are kept uninformed and oblivious of their existing