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I guess overall, V for Vendetta was quite a good book. After a while, it got a little annoying with the drawingsm since it was a graphic novel. To sum it up, it basically took place in a futuristic Britain. A society which is the complete opposite of the utopia, where there is almost no good, and everything, will inevitably be evil.
But anyways, I really enjoyed the dark humour throughout the novel. For example, some of the ways V would kill people would be done in a tasteful way, one that really suits the victim. In addition to this, I thought that it was kind of cool that almost everything seemed connected. All of V’s victims were from his past, so obviously, the title, ” V for Vendetta,” fits the novel quite nicely.
I think I finally know how I feel about the character V. I guess he is, in a way, chivalrous. After all, he did pretty much take Evey under his wing, and bring her down to his layer, and he helped her understand his motives in his world. Though, I do think that staging the whole torture/jail sequence was a little too much, a little drastic. But, it was out of his love, as he later professed to her. It almost seems like the whole book is to help set others free, and to help them understand certain things.

I am a little perplexed on how to feel about the character V. Though his trademark outfit is brilliant, I feel as if though he is incredibly sinister and shows no mercy. For example, at one point, he kills a doctor named Delia. She used to work at Larkhill, a resettlement camp, in which they performed on experiments on people who seemed to be inferior or “threats to society.” V was a patient at Larkhill, and lived in Room 5 (Roman numeral for 5 is V), and even though he was considered inferior, Delia would give him some privileges, such as gardening, and ordering supplies to tend to his gardens. She even convinced Louis Prothero to give him a patch of land to grow beautiful roses. After all of this, V still kills her. I guess she had it coming, because no matter what, she was still a part of the staff that was incredibly ruthless to those at the camp. Eventually, many of the patients became mutants, and then died. I’ll keep reading, and see how I feel about V.

So far, i am very much enjoying the book, V for Vendetta. One of the aspects I love the most, is how corrupt Britain is in the novel. For example, there is a bishop, one who is rather devout, and yet is quite the pedophile. V hatches a plot for Evey to dress up as a young girl, and to go to the bishop for, “Children’s Hour.” She dresses up in a frothy pink dress, with pigtails. At first, the bishop is scared that she might be too old for him, (she claimed she was fifteen,) but when he saw her, he called her, “a perfect angelic vision.” Eventually, V sneaks into the house, and poisons the bishop. Meanwhile, the bishop’s guards are having wine, talking about the bishop’s “girl” for the night. It is in my opinion, rather funny that a figure who should promote morals, is the epitome of immorality. The best part, is when V asks the bishop if, “whatever it is…it will become the body of Christ?” (he is referring to the host.) Little did the bishop know that the host was poisoned with Cyadine, and when he did swallow it, the Cyadine was still Cyadine in his stomach. In no way was the bishop a holy being, but a rather corrupted one. It just goes to show that there is a form of corruption in almost everything.

Our group has been working rather productively for the past few days.  Everyone is content with their roles in the play, and we have already started blocking.  The stage directions are coming on rather nicely, and each of us are beginning to contribute to the promptbook.  For example, I have started finding costume ideas, while Melody already knows what songs to put on the soundtrack.  In addition to all of this,we have edited and moved the lines around in the script, and we all pretty much agree on what changes should be made on the script. 

Unfortunately, I saw the movie before I read the book V for Vendetta by Steve Moore.  Though then movie wasn’t phenomenal, the book so far is quite good.  Though I haven’t read much of it, I must say that I really enjoy how the book is a series of comic books.  It reminds me alot of the books Maus and Maus II, which i read few years ago.

The character of V, is perhaps one of the best characters in any book I have ever read.  I love the fact that his mask is that of Guy Fawkes, a man who tried to blow up parliament in the 1600s, and that he wears all black.  The fact that he is mysterious adds so much more to the book.  Also, every name, every character, actually everything, is connected.  Such as the name Evey and V.  For example, “Evey’s name is composed of “E”, the fifth letter of the alphabet (5 in Roman numerals is V), “V”, and “Y”, the 25th letter of the alphabet, 25 is the square of 5 - see above for roman numeral of 5 being V etc. The three Vs may be a hint at her eventual succession of V. “  Of course, I wouldn’t have realized this without Wikipedia, but still, It’s rather interesting.  I look forward to reading this book.