I've spent few minutes looking back and scanning through the book, and I picked up a few things that I thought were interesting. Probably the most interesting is the death of our hero V. But is he really dead? Only the physical embodiment of the values were destroyed, but the ideals are immortal. Is this the reason V really doesn't have a name? I see the fact that he doesn't have name adds to the effect that he is just an idea. Maybe names are prisons?
Anyways...religion and religious ideals are put to use in the book...more specifically is the ideals of Christianity. V is like Jesus Christ in the manner that he is the Living Word of Anarchy where Jesus is the Living Word of God. It seems interesting how both die, but live on in those who believe. Those who believe are free. Those who follow the government are following the Devil and are rotting souls.
As for the graphics and structure of the novel...I noticed how V's blood is not red but black. It appears as ink spill...maybe it's because the room is dark and dank. Black blood is not human and seems to project V as an ideal or a higher being. The background color in the sex scene of Gordon and Evey is very powerful and appeals to sensory. You can imagine and almost feel the passion. Think if it were any other color...it just won't have the same appeal. I really enjoyed pages 98 -99...I thought the structure of building tension and releasing it was one of main reasons why I didn't want to put the book down.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
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Hmmmm now that you mention it does look like ink. Anyway not the point. Of course the color adds to the imagery of each scene. Color always adds to the mood of anything. They use color to make characters stand out. Look at the first time we see Helen. She's white. Completly White.
But my favorite scene has to be 235-236. Going from Mr. Finch and V to Susan and the leader. It was like in those movie trailers when there are flashes of images in the same beat as a heart beat.
Well like you said V is more of an idea than a person...so the blood could have been black like ink, as a way to represent the realeasing on an idea. I is no longer contained inside of V but spreading. One way to spread an idea is through word, the ink like blood could then be represenatative of the idea spreading by way of written word or image.
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