“A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having” (V for vendetta). When the first communist leader tried to take over the country, there has been another leader planning for a revolution. In both Orwell’s novel 1984 and the film V for Vendetta the protagonists Winston Smith and V live in similar difficult lives with extreme and controlling governments where they cannot cope with the reality because there’s a big gap between reality and utopia, therefore thy create a lot of problems in order to change the government.
The government limits the freedom of the citizens. Some people are content with the lives they have known and the others are not. Being that there are different age groups in the society, there are different ideals. For example in the movie V for Vendetta, some people were happy to live in the society ruled by chancellor Sulter, but the others are not. Many feel that they should have the rights and freedom to listen to the music they want, date the people they love (homosexuals), and/or read what they want (bibles, the Koran and other things related to the past. On the other hand, in the novel 1984, belief in the progress of humanity and the ability of people to institute peace and justice in the world. These contrasting views set up the premise for the life of Winston Smith, who is one man caught in a society devoted to conformity. Orwell's warning to this is that if people cannot change the way things are going, our society will lose their human qualities. They will become soulless machines and not have a clue as to their new world they created. This is the world in which Winston Smith is caught in. He is different from the others and in a civilization which does not approve of individuality. Winston is targeted by the government from the beginning. Being different in this populace only means rebellion and that exactly is what Winston sets out to do. Winston believes that although he must conform on the outside, that no one...