V For Vendetta Vs 1984

The United States of America is built upon a democratic society. Citizens are guaranteed freedom and the power lies within the hands of the people. However, in other areas of the world different methods of governing are used to maintain order as shown in the novel 1984 and the film V for Vendetta. Both 1984 and V for Vendetta take place in a dystopian society where a totalitarianistic government attempts to destruct one’s sense of individuality, but there are also many differences between the two in terms of regulation of behavior, the protagonists’ actions, and the outcomes of the rebellion. 1984 and V for Vendetta are similar because the citizens are completely controlled by a higher authoritative figure. The people in 1984 are controlled …show more content…
Winston was brainwashed into accepting the Party’s ideology. He came out believing that Big Brother is their superior and he worships everything that the Party does. His fear is used against him in Room 101 and he reached his breaking point when he was threatened with rats. He sold himself out and betrayed his so-called lover, Julia, by wishing that the rats would attack her instead of him. Winston’s sense of individuality was completely destructed after his torture. This is shown in the novel when Winston states “But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother” (311). This shows how he has become like everybody else, a puppet of the Party. On the other hand, Evey acted much braver than Winston during her torture. V stimulated what Evey would’ve went through if she was actually caught by the government. In the cell room that she was locked in, she read about Valerie’s story. After learning about Valerie, she sees that it is more important to die and protect her identity rather than to live but to sell her soul to the government. When she reached her breaking point, she turned totally emotionless. Death doesn’t even scare her anymore. Evey successfully endured her torturement whereas Winston failed and conformed to …show more content…
The rebellion that Winston attempted to accomplish was a fail whereas the rebellion in V for Vendetta was successful. The Party was more effective in controlling the people than the Chancellor. The people in Oceania was under extreme mind control. Even though the government was blatantly lying to them, the citizens willingly used doublethink to alter their thoughts. An example would be the war between Eastasia and Eurasia. The government constantly changed their enemies between those two countries. They would fight Eurasia one minute and become allies with them the next. The citizens are expected to control their thoughts and believe that they were always at war or at peace with those countries. Furthermore, the Party constantly monitored everybody and eliminated those who had the slightest hint of rebellion in their blood. There was absolutely no way for them to gang up and rebel against the government. In V for Vendetta, V actually successfully hacked into the system and exposed the horrors of the government. He placed the thoughts of their state of oppression into the brains of the people. They also had a year to plan a rebellion. They all came together for one single cause and that sense of unity was enough to succeed, whereas Winston was a single man whose strength did not match up to the fierce power of the Party. In conclusion, 1984 and V for Vendetta both displayed multiple similarities

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