What Are The Similarities Between 1984 And V For Vendetta

The importance of the historical culture of a text is, more often than not, underestimated. Values of a society during differing time period’s significantly shape a text’s composition, crafting a piece that ultimately is a product of its times. However, throughout time, adaptations of a text are created to enhance, heighten and challenge the cultural, historical and social contexts of the past which undoubtedly parallels with the modern world. George Orwell’s novel ‘1984’ and James McTeigue’s film ‘V for Vendetta’ illustrates this idea through the significance of how power can ultimately shape an individual. The post war contextual makes it possible for one to understand the significance and value of both texts. Orwell and McTeigue effectively

“The inexhaustibly interesting thing was not the fragment of coral but the interior of the glass itself…the paperweight was the room he was in, and the coral was Julia’s life and his own, fixed in a sort of eternity at the heart of the crystal.” Suggests Winston’s limited understanding of the past and his inability to reconnect with the past. The paper weight serves no particular purpose besides its beauty, which Winston was initially drawn to. The impractical paper weight is a representation of the idyllic past and foreshadows how naive Winston’s goal to overturn the government

On the other hand, V and Evey’s relationship enhances the rebellion. The drastic alteration of Smith’s identity portrays the Party’s domineering control and manipulation over its citizens. A final quote concluding Winston’s futile determination is “He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother”. Orwell’s disturbing ending shows Winston falling into the hands of Big Brother and his absence of logical reasoning after the torture, is he to genuinely accept the Party’s political perspectives, which was Orwell’s intentions on Winston’s so called