English
V for vendetta is a story about a masked man on a quest. This masked man is on a relentless mission to change the current political establishment. The masked man employs violent and in some instances extreme measures to get his point across. The main mission of this masked man is to open the eyes of the people. This masked man wants the people to realize the folly of the current establishment and in the process take up political power for themselves. This masked man can be considered by all means as a modern day freedom fighter. The novel v for vendetta and the film v for vendetta are similar in their plot. The film however makes certain deviations from the novel. These deviations may have been put in place to increase the relevance of the film in modern and current times or to be politically correct in the current world. Erick finch is a character in both the book and the film. Erick finch however undergoes certain changes in the film which are clearly distinguishable from the Erick finch in the novel. The following essay explores the character of Erick finch both in the novel and in the book noting the differences between these two renditions of the same character.
In both the film and the novel Erick finch is an investigator investigating the activities of this mysterious masked man only known as v. In the film Erick finch sympathizes with v.in the novel however sympathy is not an option as far as Erick finch is concerned. In the novel Erick finch is determined to stop this mysterious masked man at any cost even at the cost of his own life. In the novel Erick finch is so obsessed with stopping this masked man that he proceeds to take LSD. He does this in an attempt to enter into the criminal frame of mind. Erick finch in the novel is convinced that the only way to catch a criminal is to think like one and what better way to get into the mind frame of a violent criminal than to take LSD.
Erick finch in the film v for vendetta is a rational human being as opposed to Erick finch in the novel v for vendetta.in the film Erick finch expresses his rationality by exploring the actions of this mysterious masked man and exactly what it is that this man aims at achieving. His rationality enables him to see the folly in the current establishment that he is serving and this drives him to sympathize with v. Erick finch in the novel is rather irrational. He only cares about doing his job and bringing criminals to justice. He is especially ignorant of the current political state of events. He does not even bother to examine the actions of v. As far as he is concerned v is a criminal. His primary objective is bringing v to justice irrespective of how noble or politically necessary the actions of v are. He only cares about doing his job and serving his masters and nothing more. The political state in which his society is in is of very little concern to him.
In the novel Erick finch is aware of just how the current government is. He however prefers the current establishment as opposed to a situation dominated by chaos. He therefore does his best to preserve the current establishment and stop the mysterious masked man who he considers an agent of chaos since to him chaos is completely unacceptable. Erick finch in the move is an honest policeman. He takes note of the evil perpetrated in the government and is not willing to compromise. In addition, the film Erick finch is convinced that a corrupt government and a situation of total chaos all mean the same thing. Moreover, the film he is more inclined towards protecting the rights of the citizens than he is about protecting the current establishment and avoiding chaos. In the film Erick finch puts the people he is tasked with protecting above the political system that offered him the job in the first place. This means that to him the people are more important than the government by all means and the people must be protected and their liberties upheld at any cost whatsoever. It is this frame of thought that enables Erick finch in the film to sympathize with the mysterious masked man. He can clearly see what this mysterious masked man is trying to achieve for the people. This thus drives him to sympathize with v.
In the graphic novel Erick finch is portrays as obsessive and even paranoid. This is because of the lengths he goes to so as to catch v. He is so obsessed with bringing v to justice that he is willing to do it at the cost of his own life. He proves this when he takes LSD convinced that it will enable him to think like a criminal. In the film Erick finch is dedicated and devoted but he is not obsessive. He does not let his pursuit of v get into his head.
Works Cited
Moore, Alan, David Lloyd, Steve Whitaker, Siobhan Dodds, Jeannie Connor, Steve Craddock, Elitta Fell, and Tony Weare. V for vendetta. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 2005. Print.
V for vendetta. Dir. Natalie Portman. Perf. hugo weaving. Warner Bros. Entertainment ;, 2006. DVD.
