![]() V For Vendetta explores man as the embodiment of an idea. Beneath his mask, he ceases to become a person but a manifestation of a concept, a symbol of protest against government tyranny. And, finally, inspired by Guy Fawkes, V bases his appearance and expression around the event and its era. They were inspired from the Reagan/Thatcher era. The Norsefire regime is highly conservative, homophobic, and racist. During the rise of conservatism in the 1980s, the American President Ronald Reagan and the English Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher were universally criticized for their insensitivity to demographic groups who “oppose traditional moral values”. V for Vendetta is based on the idea that this war has occurred: Russia, the US and Africa have all been destroyed. ![]() The population was terrified that a nuclear war would result from the race between the United States and the U.S.S.R. The Cold War was still escalating, when Moore was writing V for Vendetta. Therefore, the novel serves as a warning.The author presents a model of social change in a highly repressive society people are continuously being watched by a very powerful government.V for Vendetta refers to many historical events, including: the Cold War, the conservative values of the Reagan/Thatcher era, and the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot. Alan Moore shows a nightmarish dystopian society, he is telling the readers what they should value and preserve by using counter examples. ![]()
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