Animal Farm/V for Vendetta - 2476 Words

_Cross-Comparative text study_ V for Vendetta - Animal Farm In many great texts concerning the politics, it can be observed that the context in which the piece was created greatly influences the ways in which values and themes are presented and the form in which it is produced. Major ground shaking events have the power to transform paradigms of individuals and whole societies, and in turn morph and influence the themes a text created in the same time period implores. Warner Brothers 2005 film V for Vendetta and George Orwells 1945 novelette Animal Farm both deal with concepts present in the political climates of their times and the problems associated with them; the cost of apathy towards injustice, propaganda and its influence,†¦show more content†¦His silence in the face of the pigs corruption is broken only at the novels climax as his friend Boxer is driven off to the knackers in a truck the other animals believe to be transporting him to the vet. Fools! Fools! he shouts furiously, Fools! Do you not see what is written on the sid e of that van? The animals cant read the writing of course, but Benjamin could all along, as he could read Animal Farms constitution being changed overnight. Benjamin saw the dark path that the revolution was taking and in its early phases had the ability to turn it around. But the apathy he showed landed all of animal farm manipulated and trapped in a position where resistance was futile and the pigs could rule with an iron fist. Benjamin was cynical with his belief that Life would go on as it had always gone on - that is, badly but in the same way he was a realist, as in the end of animal farm things did continue as they always had - badly. It is questionable whether Animal Farms revolution, and the revolution of its allegory counterpart would have reached a different outcome in Benjamin, and those smart enough to sense the corruption had discarded their apathy and made their awareness known. V for Vendetta similarly deals with the concept of public apathy in the face of social injustice. Set in a future dystopian England, where a totalitarian government has come to power and dominates allShow MoreRelated1984 vs V for Vendetta1479 Words   |  6 Pageshaving (V from the film V for Vendetta). Since the first communist leader tried to over take a country, there has been another leader planning for a revolution. And Orwell was one to speak of how he sees the battle to be. Orwell has written several novels on the idea of revolutions against a superior government; one example would be Animal Farm and 1984. He has inspired others to write there ideas on the thought of the future revolution from a dictatorship of extreme power. The film V for Vendetta isRead MoreCorrectional Administration Reviewer18383 Words   |  74 Pagespenalty or punishment prescribed by God to Adam and Eve when they disobey His order which made them as the first criminals. Retribution/ Personal vengeance/ Revenge. The most common ancient justification of punishment, and this is called the Law of Vendetta. The Code of Hammurabi. The oldest written penal law in Babylonia in 1750 that stopped the ancient practice of retribution or personal vengeance and punishment became the responsibility of the state. This code of laws was a compilation of the lawsRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesApplications 239 3 The Group 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Foundations of Group Behavior 271 Understanding Work Teams 307 Communication 335 Leadership 367 Power and Politics 411 Conflict and Negotiation 445 Foundations of Organization Structure 479 v vi BRIEF CONTENTS 4 The Organization System 16 Organizational Culture 511 17 Human Resource Policies and Practices 543 18 Organizational Change and Stress Management 577 Appendix A Research in Organizational Behavior Comprehensive