V For Vendetta Total Control Essay

It is early November, 1997 in London where the government has almost total control of its citizens. Everyone has been stripped of culture, music, art, and any creative thinking. All seems normal until the House of Parliament explodes followed by fireworks, which have been outlawed. The government hurries to figure out what happened but also avoids the truth by telling the people it was just a scheduled demolition. Just as things seemed to be calming down, another attack happened on a train, leaving two dead. In the midst of all the chaos, the most famous broadcaster is kidnapped by the man who carried out all the attacks. While being held against his will the kidnapper gathers all of his doll collection and burns them in front of the broadcaster, scarring him and leaving him in a trance-like state. when typing the title, you will use quotation marks.
With a government that wants total control of its citizens and hides anything bad from them, it’s not surprising that they don’t like it when someone fights back. They have such a militaristic force that eventually people don’t fight back and this is how they keep control. The media also lies to civilians to make things seem alright in the world. This affects people because after awhile they start to believe lies that the government tells them and they essentially get brainwashed. After the

war all culture, music, art, and creative thinking was taken away, leaving a dull and uniform society. People couldn’t express themselves anymore and could only learn about what the government wanted them to know.
Even though “V for Vendetta” is a graphic novel, the author talking about taking away culture and the arts is not uncommon (Moore, 1987).

Back in World War II Hitler burned books, destroyed paintings, and eradicated any thinking that would be a threat to his power. People were told what they could and couldn’t study in order to have more control of the civilians and form a perfect society. More recently, North Korea has done the same in the aspect of controlling the entire country's internet and almost blocking out the world around them. This allows the government to manipulate its citizens and almost create a real-life

dystopia.
The government has lots of ways it can control and persuade its civilians into what they want them to do. The government controlled media will lie to the people to make them feel safe or like everything is alright. The government has so much power that people just do as they are told in fear of retaliations by the government. People are also limited to what they can study or know in order for the government to maintain control over them.