V for
Vendetta
, Book OneEurope After The
Rain
V for Vendetta the story of V’s personal revenge.
Chapter one: The villain
A villain is someone who participates in or devoted to crime (a person who is just generally evil). In this chapter the fingerman can
be seen as evil since they try to rape Evey. V calls himself evil in chapter one and the fingerman see V as something evil to, but V
does save Evey from being raped which also makes him a hero the opposite of a villain.
Timeline
V and Evey are getting ready (separately) while the radio of the voice of fate is playing in the back.
Evey enters the world of prostitution.
She approaches someone to make some money, but they turn out to be fingerman (the secret police).
The fingerman try to rape her.
V shows up and stops the fingerman from raping Evey. Killing three of the fingerman, two do survive.
V and Evey watch as London’s house of parliament explodes. They also see the fireworks that come right after the explosion
(in the shape of a v). Both were orchestrated by V.
Later the surveillance forces report to the Norsefire governments leader Adam Susan. The people reporting are Conrad Heyer,
Brian Etheridge and Eric Finch.
Adam Susan instructs Derek Almond to meet with Rodger Dascombe at Jordan tower to fabricate propaganda to explain the
bombing.
Easter eggs or Important things
Page 9: There is a picture of a camera with a sign that says, ‘for your protection’. That means that the citizens of London are being
watched every second of the day.
Page 10: There is a big contrast between the beautiful dress described on the radio and the one Evey is putting on.
Page 10: On the radio they say ‘this is the face of London’ with a picture of Evey in the same picture.
Page 11: On the poster that is near Evey when she gets raped, is a written text of the exact opposite of what is happening in the
story. ‘Strength through purity, purity trough strength.’
Page 12: V quotes Mac Beth (a hero on the battlefield).
Page 12: End of the quote V says ‘till he faced the slave’ exactly when he stands before Evey. Meaning that Evey can be seen as a
sort of slave of the government, because she has to do everything for the government and follow their rules.
Page 14: The quote of remember remember the 5th of November and the fireworks all lead back to the tradition that started after
Guy Fawkes tried to blow up parliament.
Page 14: The government control everything up to the last second. You can see that because in the beginning of chapter one hey
predicted it would rain at 12:07 and it did start raining the exact minute it became 12:07.
Book One Title: Europe After The Rain, refers to what is left of Europe (England being one of the only European countries left) after
the Rain (the war or the nuclear bombings)
Panopticon: behaving better because you know ou are watched.
Chapter Two: The Voice
The voice can be connected to Lewis Prothero. He is the original voice of the fate state radio (the voice of fate). The state radio is
one of the ways they can control their citizens, by spreading lies, hope, propaganda and other stuff necessary. Also having a voice
can help you express something and will get you heard. Letting their people have a voice is irrelevant to the Norsefire government.
Timeline
Starts of with Lewis Prothero doing the voice of fate and spreading propaganda about the explosion of the parliament (they
pretend fate is a person by letting Lewis talk for it. It is actually more of a computer/AI).
Derek Almond and Rodger Dascombe comment on Lewis his doll collection.
V brings Evey to the Shadow Gallery (his home). It is full of eradicated books, music, art and films.
Lewis Prothero is in a train with a few others.
V attacks the train, and he kidnaps Lewis Prothero.
Mr. Finch head of government police says that if he is going to crack the case of the disappearance and the explosion he
needs to get in the head of the suspect, which scares him a bit.
, Easter eggs or Important things
Page 18: In V’s home plays the song ‘dancing on the streets’ it is a civils rights anthem. Therefore, forbidden to listen to.
Page 18: In V’s library one books stands out, it is a book on the French revolution. The government banned it, to not give people
inspiration to go against them.
Every sort of music is censored except for military songs.
Chapter Three: Victims
Victims are people who are harmed, killed, injured or helpless. This happens a lot in V for Vendetta because many people get killed
by fingerman/V. The whole of London is oppressed and are therefore victims of the government.
Timeline
Mr. Finch Finds a violet carson (a sort of rose) thought to be extinct.
He also sees a V sign on the wall of the train. Something V left behind for him find.
V asks Evey to talk about the nuclear war, the Thames that busted and her mother’s death and the rise of the Norsefire
government
Evey talks about how the Norsefire government brought back order, but wiped out anyone undesirable: black people,
immigrants, gays and radicals (including Evey her father, he got taken away on her 12th birthday).
Lewis Prothero wakes up in a uniform near a fake resettlement camp.
Mr. Finch and the Leader talk about V and the abduction of Lewis and who can do the propaganda in his place now that is in
unavailable.
Evey says to V it is them against the world.
Easter eggs or Important things
Page 18: The rose Mr. Finch finds on the train is a symbol of a better world.
The abduction of the Lewis Prothero is a very strategic move, because the voice of fate is a big part of the government’s
propaganda distribution. Therefore, is it an unescapable thing in the lives of the people of London (they are forced to listen to it
every day). When V kidnaps Lewis, the consistency of listening to the radio every day will be broken, because he is not there to
speak for the fate computer. That leaves the government weaker because they can not spread their propaganda. V’s assault on the
media is pointed critique on the role of the media in their society.
As the government tries to explain away the destruction of Parliament, the idea of control as a veneer is introduced. As long as the
government can convince the population that the state has power and control, they maintain it. If that image of stability is damaged
and the cracks are made visible, the hold over the people weakens.
Chapter Four: Vaudeville
Vaudeville is een populair muziektheater met liederen dat ontstond op basis van het Franse improvisatietoneel (it is caberet).
Timeline
V simulates a scene from Larkhill for Lewis Prothero (he served as its commander and worked ovens for corpses).
They do a tour of inspection and Lewis sees his dolls dressed as prisoners.
V shows Lewis the medical compound (the place where they held experiments on the prisoners).
They stop by room 5 (roman letter five so V). Lewis remembers it was v that was locked in that room.
V burns all of Lewis his dolls in the ovens (that he used to work at).
V gives Lewis Prothero back and a security guard finds him lying on the ground.
Derek Almond tells Rodger Dascombe that they have found Lewis Prothero, but he is not himself anymore (he is deranged).
Easter eggs or Important things
Page 34: you can see room 5 where V was held. The roman letter for the number 5 is V, so that is where V got his nickname.
Chapter Five: Versions
You can have different versions of something, but you can also become a different version of yourself. That is what happens to V in
this chapter he becomes a different version of himself, one more drawn to anarchy than justice.
Timeline
Leader Susan praises fascism, the Nordic race, he denounces freedom and individual liberty and speaks of his love of Fate
(the supercomputer that runs the state).
V speaks to The Old Bailey (a statue meant to symbolize justice). He scorns “Madam Justice” for falling in line with fascists
and then blows up the statue.
At the Shadow Gallery, V and Evey come up with a way that Evey can help with V’s plans.
Vendetta
, Book OneEurope After The
Rain
V for Vendetta the story of V’s personal revenge.
Chapter one: The villain
A villain is someone who participates in or devoted to crime (a person who is just generally evil). In this chapter the fingerman can
be seen as evil since they try to rape Evey. V calls himself evil in chapter one and the fingerman see V as something evil to, but V
does save Evey from being raped which also makes him a hero the opposite of a villain.
Timeline
V and Evey are getting ready (separately) while the radio of the voice of fate is playing in the back.
Evey enters the world of prostitution.
She approaches someone to make some money, but they turn out to be fingerman (the secret police).
The fingerman try to rape her.
V shows up and stops the fingerman from raping Evey. Killing three of the fingerman, two do survive.
V and Evey watch as London’s house of parliament explodes. They also see the fireworks that come right after the explosion
(in the shape of a v). Both were orchestrated by V.
Later the surveillance forces report to the Norsefire governments leader Adam Susan. The people reporting are Conrad Heyer,
Brian Etheridge and Eric Finch.
Adam Susan instructs Derek Almond to meet with Rodger Dascombe at Jordan tower to fabricate propaganda to explain the
bombing.
Easter eggs or Important things
Page 9: There is a picture of a camera with a sign that says, ‘for your protection’. That means that the citizens of London are being
watched every second of the day.
Page 10: There is a big contrast between the beautiful dress described on the radio and the one Evey is putting on.
Page 10: On the radio they say ‘this is the face of London’ with a picture of Evey in the same picture.
Page 11: On the poster that is near Evey when she gets raped, is a written text of the exact opposite of what is happening in the
story. ‘Strength through purity, purity trough strength.’
Page 12: V quotes Mac Beth (a hero on the battlefield).
Page 12: End of the quote V says ‘till he faced the slave’ exactly when he stands before Evey. Meaning that Evey can be seen as a
sort of slave of the government, because she has to do everything for the government and follow their rules.
Page 14: The quote of remember remember the 5th of November and the fireworks all lead back to the tradition that started after
Guy Fawkes tried to blow up parliament.
Page 14: The government control everything up to the last second. You can see that because in the beginning of chapter one hey
predicted it would rain at 12:07 and it did start raining the exact minute it became 12:07.
Book One Title: Europe After The Rain, refers to what is left of Europe (England being one of the only European countries left) after
the Rain (the war or the nuclear bombings)
Panopticon: behaving better because you know ou are watched.
Chapter Two: The Voice
The voice can be connected to Lewis Prothero. He is the original voice of the fate state radio (the voice of fate). The state radio is
one of the ways they can control their citizens, by spreading lies, hope, propaganda and other stuff necessary. Also having a voice
can help you express something and will get you heard. Letting their people have a voice is irrelevant to the Norsefire government.
Timeline
Starts of with Lewis Prothero doing the voice of fate and spreading propaganda about the explosion of the parliament (they
pretend fate is a person by letting Lewis talk for it. It is actually more of a computer/AI).
Derek Almond and Rodger Dascombe comment on Lewis his doll collection.
V brings Evey to the Shadow Gallery (his home). It is full of eradicated books, music, art and films.
Lewis Prothero is in a train with a few others.
V attacks the train, and he kidnaps Lewis Prothero.
Mr. Finch head of government police says that if he is going to crack the case of the disappearance and the explosion he
needs to get in the head of the suspect, which scares him a bit.
, Easter eggs or Important things
Page 18: In V’s home plays the song ‘dancing on the streets’ it is a civils rights anthem. Therefore, forbidden to listen to.
Page 18: In V’s library one books stands out, it is a book on the French revolution. The government banned it, to not give people
inspiration to go against them.
Every sort of music is censored except for military songs.
Chapter Three: Victims
Victims are people who are harmed, killed, injured or helpless. This happens a lot in V for Vendetta because many people get killed
by fingerman/V. The whole of London is oppressed and are therefore victims of the government.
Timeline
Mr. Finch Finds a violet carson (a sort of rose) thought to be extinct.
He also sees a V sign on the wall of the train. Something V left behind for him find.
V asks Evey to talk about the nuclear war, the Thames that busted and her mother’s death and the rise of the Norsefire
government
Evey talks about how the Norsefire government brought back order, but wiped out anyone undesirable: black people,
immigrants, gays and radicals (including Evey her father, he got taken away on her 12th birthday).
Lewis Prothero wakes up in a uniform near a fake resettlement camp.
Mr. Finch and the Leader talk about V and the abduction of Lewis and who can do the propaganda in his place now that is in
unavailable.
Evey says to V it is them against the world.
Easter eggs or Important things
Page 18: The rose Mr. Finch finds on the train is a symbol of a better world.
The abduction of the Lewis Prothero is a very strategic move, because the voice of fate is a big part of the government’s
propaganda distribution. Therefore, is it an unescapable thing in the lives of the people of London (they are forced to listen to it
every day). When V kidnaps Lewis, the consistency of listening to the radio every day will be broken, because he is not there to
speak for the fate computer. That leaves the government weaker because they can not spread their propaganda. V’s assault on the
media is pointed critique on the role of the media in their society.
As the government tries to explain away the destruction of Parliament, the idea of control as a veneer is introduced. As long as the
government can convince the population that the state has power and control, they maintain it. If that image of stability is damaged
and the cracks are made visible, the hold over the people weakens.
Chapter Four: Vaudeville
Vaudeville is een populair muziektheater met liederen dat ontstond op basis van het Franse improvisatietoneel (it is caberet).
Timeline
V simulates a scene from Larkhill for Lewis Prothero (he served as its commander and worked ovens for corpses).
They do a tour of inspection and Lewis sees his dolls dressed as prisoners.
V shows Lewis the medical compound (the place where they held experiments on the prisoners).
They stop by room 5 (roman letter five so V). Lewis remembers it was v that was locked in that room.
V burns all of Lewis his dolls in the ovens (that he used to work at).
V gives Lewis Prothero back and a security guard finds him lying on the ground.
Derek Almond tells Rodger Dascombe that they have found Lewis Prothero, but he is not himself anymore (he is deranged).
Easter eggs or Important things
Page 34: you can see room 5 where V was held. The roman letter for the number 5 is V, so that is where V got his nickname.
Chapter Five: Versions
You can have different versions of something, but you can also become a different version of yourself. That is what happens to V in
this chapter he becomes a different version of himself, one more drawn to anarchy than justice.
Timeline
Leader Susan praises fascism, the Nordic race, he denounces freedom and individual liberty and speaks of his love of Fate
(the supercomputer that runs the state).
V speaks to The Old Bailey (a statue meant to symbolize justice). He scorns “Madam Justice” for falling in line with fascists
and then blows up the statue.
At the Shadow Gallery, V and Evey come up with a way that Evey can help with V’s plans.
