Wednesday, January 30, 2008
V for Vendetta(2)
V for Vendetta is movie about a revolutionist seeking revenge upon Parliament in London, England. He feels he can best achieve this goal by getting through to the people of this country. V evolved his ideas from Guy Fawkes. A man who in the 1600’s failed to put an end to the injustice and unfairness of London’s system of government. V is inspired by Fawkes’s motives and plans to mark the 5th of November, a day that Fawkes planned to blow up the gates of Parliament, as a day that the people of London will come to realize that they are not entirely free. V takes over London’s most popular media station and broadcasts a speech that rang in the ears of citizens throughout London. The sole purpose of V’s speech was to convince the people of London to stand up for the freedom that their government is depriving them of. He uses Aristotle’s first mode of persuasion, ethos, saying, “I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of the everyday routine, the security of the familiar, and the tranquility of repetition.” He connects with the people by reassuring them of his experience of living a life in the streets of London. Means to an end expresses V’s argument by introducing his idea about marking November the 5th as a day to remember. As V begins his speech he brings up the fact that “there is something terribly wrong with this country.” By using pathos he brings the emotion of fear into the citizens. He tells them that mean with guns are being given orders to try and stop all of this by using violence. “Words offer the means to meaning and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.” V sees that that London chooses to push away the meaning of all words and turns to a way that makes people afraid and keep to themselves. He believes that government doesn’t allow its citizens to speak their mind and express their opinions. He uses forensics to be the voice for the people of London. “Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression” are words that V describes what London has become. Curfews, censors, and surveillance cameras were placed on the general public which V saw unfit for a supposed to be progressing society. He understood these methods to be unfair. V blames those in the past who have corrupted the way of normal democracy, but also blames the people of society of this act bigotry. But V feels that the person who is most responsible is no other than High Chancellor Adam Sutler himself. Throughout the speech, V hints blame on Chancellor Sutler, but now he’s really started to key in on the faults of what’s supposed to be London’s high chancellor. He emphasizes the fear in the citizens by using pathos to give proof that they were being degraded by violence by their own government. He later confesses to the destruction of The Old Bailey. Building up ethos, he takes full credit in explaining his reasoning. He tells the people how he was inspired by Guy Fawkes to end London’s injustice. He’s tired of this reoccurrence of London’s perspectives being used just as words instead of being acted upon. Like Fawkes, V wanted to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are things that citizens still had the right to possess. To put an end to this argument, V want the men, woman, and children of London to stand with in putting an end to this inequitable government and mark November the 5th as a day the people of London shall prevail!
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--you absolutely MUST divide your essays into paragraphs
You write, "The sole purpose of V’s speech was to convince the people of London to stand up for the freedom that their government is depriving them of."
--I'm assuming this (above) is your thesis statement; In a rhetorical analysis, your thesis sentence must mention the rhetorical strategies you plan to discuss in the essay
--no need to call ethos the "first" mode of persuasion. I taught them to you in that order; other teachers teach the modes in different orders
--you should analyze your quotes more extensively. the quote where you illustrate V's ethos could use heavier treatment
--the phrase "means to an end" cannot perform the action of expressing; this is the rigidity that I mentioned in class; loosen up a bit and use these words more wisely
You write, “Words offer the means to meaning and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.”
--the above quote is an orphan quote; always introduce your quotes, and then provide adequate analysis
--Another example of rigidity: "He uses forensics..." Forensics as a noun is different from the "forensic" I used to describe one of the argument types. Be very careful with the way you word things from the notes I gave you. Avoid the "shopping list effect"
--An example of fluidity: "Building up ethos, he takes full credit in explaining his reasoning." Good. You should probably change "in" to "by" though.
PROS: You know what's going on here. Good. Most of your analysis was fine...
CONS: ...At times you summarized where you should have been analyzing
FINAL THOUGHTS: once again, i need paragraphs on every essay you turn in. i can't assess your organization skills (fully) without paragraphs
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