1/3 V for Vendetta Reading
The book, thus far, is very interesting (albeit slightly disturbing). V as a character, is the eptime of enigmatic. One minute he is saving the damsel in distress from certain unpleasantires. The next minute however, he is dressing up in a sharp chinned mask and pinstriped suit to melt someone’s mind using a Nazi-style burning device to destroy a man’s prized possesion. He comforts the child he saved, Evey, when she tells him of her poor childhood, yet thinks nothing about whacking of priets and the people voice of hope. All while wearing that mask. Never changing (unless a new one is put on) and always smiling, you can’t help but whonder if it’s a silent metaphor for more than just Guy Fawkes face. Maybe it’s a tribute to his insanity? Or perhaps he’s happy that he’s finally managing to exact his revenge. So far he’s managed to off everyone who could reveal anything about his past, and seems unfazed by whatever difficulties stand in his way (again with that unchanging mask!) Evey is safe at his house, and the authorities searching for him are stumbling around in the dark.
Yet I don’t think it can stay like that forever. Or do I? Even I’m not sure. In all other books, the main character faces some sort of problem or tribulation. But so far, nothing has proved hard for V. Kidnapping and killing at least 3 very guarded individuals seems to be daily business for the man in the mask. In stories like this, the rebels home is eventaully broken into by the authorities. But I can’t foresee that happening to V. Everything comes with such ease to him so that I would view such an event like a house break-in as very uncharacteristic of the meticulous V. But it might be insanity tha propells him. He stages conversation with statues (before blowing them up) in which he berates liberty, calling her a “slut who abandoned him”. He quotes The Scottish Play when killing policemen (with an exploding hand). I thought insane people were supposed to have lesser mental capacitites than normal people? This is really showing me another side to insanity…
It might even be that V isn’t the main character. It might be Evey. V seems too perfect to have conflict in this book. Evey, on the other hand, has to continuously fend off the coruption of people who she would noramally expect to trust, like bishops and cops. Maybe V is just a mentor like character for her? To teach her about how the real world operates? I’ve no idea…
