V for Vendetta

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V for Vendetta Gender and Power Alan Moore's, "V for Vendetta", is a powerfull, sound story about the deprivation of equality and freedom, and how one man, V, will doing anything in his power to regain freedom and a voice for his counry. Through his journey,V committs many violent crimes such as killing and blowing this up, trying to alarm the government and provide society with an opportunity to stand up for what they want. During this, he helps change and mold a young girl by showing her life in a different perspective. V has a major impact on young Evey Hammond and through him she becomes empowered. In the beginning of the novel, Evey is a story of hope, desperation, and evolution. She is a scared, confused, and malleable girl. She is introduced getting dressed about to go prostitute herself, looking terrified with her teddy bear on her bed. This is a significant part because it displays how much of a innocent, naive child she really is. When she if first encounters V, he is rescuing her from getting rapped and killed by police and he takes her to his home in the shadow gallery. There she recieves a sense of culture with V's variety of books, music, and paintings, things the government had abolished. Evey makes a statement saying, " IT'S UNBELIEVABLE! ALL OF THESE PAINTINGS AND BOOKS. I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE THINGS LIKE THIS" (moore, 18). Later that evening V steps out and comes back to find Evey slumped over crying and says, "... You've been crying", and she replies, "I- It was when you went out earlier on and dind't say where you were going... I thought... I didn't think... That is, I mean I was scared you wouldn't come back" (moore, 25). These quotes also show how lost, scared, and fragile she really is. Evey cannot handle being alone or surviving on her own. As the story progresses she starts to grow by standing up for herself. When
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