![Story and Plot… a story [is] a narrative of events arranged in their time-sequence. A plot is also a narrative of events, the emphasis falling on causality. “The king died and then the queen died,” is a story. “The king died, and then the queen died of grief” is a plot.Forster, 130](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/reading-100531191306-phpapp02/85/Reading-Group-Presentation-9-320.jpg)
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Reading Group Presentation
- 2. Book PresentedV for VendettaA novelization by Steve Moore based on the screenplay written by The Wachowski Brothers
- 3. Critical Reading BookAspects of The NovelBy E. M. Forster
- 7. Story and PlotSay them a little sadly, and you will be correct. Yes—oh, dear, yes—novel tells a story.Forster, 68
- 8. Story and PlotStory:On November 5th in the near future in London, V appears.He calls people to memorize the November 5th by marching on that day, and he will destroy the Houses of Parliament.People start believing in V.November 5ththe next year, V fulfills his promise.
- 9. Story and Plot… a story [is] a narrative of events arranged in their time-sequence. A plot is also a narrative of events, the emphasis falling on causality. “The king died and then the queen died,” is a story. “The king died, and then the queen died of grief” is a plot.Forster, 130
- 10. Story and PlotIf it is in a story we say “and then?” If it is in a plot we ask “why?” That is the fundamental difference between these two aspects of the novel.Forster, 130
- 11. Story and PlotPlot:The appearance of VPeople begin to doubt the government because of the appearance of V.V fulfills his promise because people dare to act against government at last.
- 14. Story and PlotPlot:The appearance of VPeople begin to doubt the government because of the appearance of V.V fulfills his promise because people dare to act against government at last.Why does it change?
- 15. Theme
- 16. ThemeOne of the common issues in humanityPursuit of conformity
- 17. ThemePursuit of conformityTime scale: People like things remain unchanged over time.Conform to others: Conformity in Psychology.Conform others: Gain authority.
- 18. Theme--Pursuit of conformityTime scale: People like things remain unchanged over time.Conform to others: Conformity in Psychology.Conform others: Gain authority.
- 19. Theme--Pursuit of conformity1. Fear of change
- 20. Theme--Pursuit of conformity1. Fear of change“ ‘…they [Evey’s parents] were at the riot at Leeds. I watched it on the telly, thinking I was going to see my parents killed. I remember them arguing at night. Mum wanted to leave the country…’”Moore, 142-143
- 21. ThemePursuit of conformityTime scale: People like things remain unchanged over time.Conform to others: Conformity in Psychology.Conform others: Gain authority.
- 22. Theme--Pursuit of conformity2. Conformity to others
- 23. Theme--Pursuit of conformity2. Conformity to othersConformity: the tendency of people to go along with the views or actions of others.
- 24. Theme--Pursuit of conformity2. Conformity to othersConformity: the tendency of people to go along with the views or actions of others.People act together
- 25. Theme--Pursuit of conformity2. Conformity to othersConformity: the tendency of people to go along with the views or actions of others.Live together under tyranny without revolt
- 26. Theme--Pursuit of conformity2. Conformity to othersConformity: the tendency of people to go along with the views or actions of others.Live together under tyranny without revoltWatch TV together
- 27. Theme--Pursuit of conformity2. Conformity to othersConformity: the tendency of people to go along with the views or actions of others.Live together under tyranny without revoltWatch TV togetherQuestion Government together
- 28. Theme--Pursuit of conformity2. Conformity to othersConformity: the tendency of people to go along with the views or actions of others.Live together under tyranny without revoltWatch TV togetherQuestion Government togetherWear masks together
- 29. Theme--Pursuit of conformity2. Conformity to othersConformity: the tendency of people to go along with the views or actions of others.Live together under tyranny without revoltWatch TV togetherQuestion Government togetherWear masks togetherMarch together
- 31. ThemePursuit of conformityTime scale: People like things remain unchanged over time.Conform to others: Conformity in Psychology.Conform others: Gain authority.
- 32. Theme--Pursuit of conformity3. Desire to conform others
- 33. Theme--Pursuit of conformity3. Desire to conform othersPower induced
- 34. Theme--Pursuit of conformity3. Desire to conform othersPower inducedSutler
- 35. Theme--Pursuit of conformity3. Desire to conform othersSutlerV
- 36. Theme--Pursuit of conformity3. Desire to conform othersSutlerVCreedy
- 38. <? Game
- 39. Rules7 Groups: A B C D E F G
- 40. Each person choose a group
- 41. We vote to eliminate two groups
- 42. Each person rechoose a group from the 5 remaining groups.
- 43. Winners: the group you are in has the most people.
- 44. Big Winners: the group you are in has the most people AND it’s also the group you choose at first time.Rules7 Groups: A B C D E F G
- 45. Each person choose a group
- 46. We vote to eliminate two groups
- 47. Each person rechoose a group from the 5 remaining groups.
- 48. Winners: the group you are in has the most people.
- 49. Big Winners: the group you are in has the most people AND it’s also the group you choose at first time.Rules7 Groups: A B C D E F G
- 50. Each person choose a group
- 51. Each person can have a statement.
- 52. We vote to eliminate two groups
- 53. Each person rechoose a group from the 5 remaining groups.
- 54. Winners: the group you are in has the most people.
- 55. Big Winners: the group you are in has the most people AND it’s also the group you choose at first time.RulesThe form of Statement:Please join…(a group)
- 56. Please don’t join…(a group)
- 57. Please kill … (a group)
- 58. Please don’t kill (a group)For example:Please vote for CORPlease don’t kill C
- 59. ?>
- 60. Conflict
- 61. Conflict
- 62. Conflictmore to describe this conflictthan to solve the conflict
- 64. PeopleMr. CreedyGreedyAn “assistant” of SutlerReady to betraySutlerHitlerAntagonistRepresent tyranny
- 65. PeopleSutlerHitlerAntagonistRepresent tyrannyMr. CreedyGreedyAn “assistant” of SutlerReady to betrayReveal current corrupt.Reveal humanities—pursuit of power.Relationship changes because of power.
- 67. PeopleVVendettaProtagonistAn idealized symbolSutlerHitlerAntagonistRepresent tyrannyUse power to conform others.Tragic ending.Identify the conflict.
- 68. PeopleEveyEveDeuteragonistChange V’s thoughtVVendettaProtagonistAn idealized symbol
- 69. PeopleEveyEveDeuteragonistChange V’s thoughtVVendettaProtagonistAn idealized symbolSuffer from tyranny.Interact each other’s thought.
- 71. Fantasy and ProphecyThere is more in the novel than time or people or logic or any of their derivatives, more even than Fate. … I mean something that cut across them like a bar of light, that is intimately connected with them at one place and patiently illumines all their problems, and at another place shoots over or through them as if they did not exist. We shall give that bar of light two names, fantasy and prophecy.Forster, 157
- 72. Fantasy and ProphecyA sense of “universal”
- 73. Fantasy and ProphecyA sense of “universal”Central aspects of a great novel
- 74. Fantasy and ProphecyA sense of “universal”Central aspects of a great novelV
- 77. Pattern and RhythmThat then is the disadvantage of a rigid pattern. …Beauty has arrived, but in too tyrannous a guise…To most readers of fiction the sensation from a pattern is not intense enough to justify the sacrifices that made it, and their verdict it “Beautifully done, but not worth doing.”Forster, 234
- 78. Pattern and Rhythm[Rhythm], which may be defined as repetition plus variation.Forster, 240
- 81. Pattern and RhythmV Faces the government
- 83. Pattern and Rhythm[Rhythm] not to be there all the time like a pattern, but by its lovely waxing and waning to fill us with surprise and freshness and hope.Forster, 239
- 85. Conclusion
- 86. ConclusionThe story happens in the near future where an authoritarian government rules England.People would rather live under the tyranny because they don’t want change in their life, and because they have a tendency to conform to others, so nobody starts a revolution.
- 87. ConclusionV, as a symbol of revenge, using violence against violence, calls for a revolution.V acts like a fuse, or a force to push the first domino. People starts to doubt the government.V finally eliminates the government before he dies.
- 88. ConclusionV is a product of fantasy, he represents an idea, not a person.By separating V’s confrontation against the police and spreading it throughout the story, the novel achieves a rhythm which reveals the gradual change in people’s mind and allows readers to analyze between the intense plots.