Chelsea Medlin Professor Arnold Politics and Culture in Literature 22 November 2013 Proposal for Politics and Culture

Essay he novel that ! have planned to use for my theoretical toolbo" is 1984# he dystopian film that ! have planned to $atch and analy%e is V for Vendetta# Personally& ! have never $atched the movie& V for Vendetta& but ! have heard that it is a very 'ood film# Also& from readin' the films description of the plot off of the $ebsite& it loo(s li(e has several similarities $ith 1984# ! am hopin' to discover $hile $atchin' the films& a $ay to connect the oppressed countries and sho$ $hat positives and ne'atives can come from livin' in a place& $here your every move is $atched& and $here you can be arrested and tortured $ith little or no evidence for your $ron' doin's# ! am hopin' to do this $ith a t$ist by comparin' and contrastin' the loyalty that Evey feels to ) and not revealin' his location after meetin' him& to the loyalty that *inston feels to +,-rien& and comparin' that $ith ho$ they both find out in the end that the people they are most loyal to are the people that are responsible for their capture and torture# ! $ill of course (no$ more once ! actually $atch the film& and ! may feel ! should head in a completely opposite direction $ith my essay& but from the plot description that,s $hat ! 'rabbed on to# ! made my selections for t$o main reasons. 1/ ! found 1984 to be a very interestin' boo( that ! thorou'hly en0oyed# !n addition& because it is a lon'er boo(& ! $ill have plenty of e"amples to choose from $hen my $ritin' process be'ins# 2/ ! have never seen V for Vendetta& but ! have heard it $as a very 'ood movie& and ! found many similarities to

1984 $hen ! $as readin' the plot description# ! still need to discover more information about the movie& since ! have never $atched the film# Also& as ! am $atchin' the movie ! plan to be ta(in' notes that compare and contrast the film $ith 1984#