The Two Sides of Life: Innocence and Maturity
We often judge people by their acts, but most of the time we don’t know that something might have happened in their past for them to act the way they do. For example we have Evey in V for Vendetta. She previously confronted a rapid change from innocence to maturity which makes her do something unexpected in the world. However, she had reasons for it: she almost gets raped, was mistreated for days and V left her in charge of his plans when he died. Eventually Evey’s loss of innocence leads her to understanding the real purpose of V’s acts.
Evey’s loss of innocence forced her to undergo many unfortunate situations. At the beginning of the movie she found herself struck by poverty and tries to become a prostitute. While trying to achieve this, she got caught past the curfew and was almost raped but a strange man that called himself “V” saved her. As the movie goes on, V and Evey have a conversation that says:
V: I may have killed those fingerman that attacked you the other night too, but I heard no objection to that. Violence can be used for good.
Evey: What are you talking about?
V: Justice (Vendetta).
This quote isn’t exactly clear, but it’s referring to how Evey’s loss of innocence pretty much started. V saved Evey and was explaining her how he could have killed those fingerman. V also seems to be a very rancorous person and is trying to transmit this to Evey to make her understand that violence is not just about killing, but is a justice punishment for wrongdoing. V’s behavior is pretty much making Evey loose innocence and realize how injust the world can be.
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Sometimes you have to get hurt for the second or even third time to realize that you are just an innocent person who has to start changing your point of view. Evey is one of these people. She got into prison and had been tortured for days. After getting out unexpectedly she finds out she actually was in V’s lair the whole time; when knowing this Evey starts asking V some questions of why he had done it- why he cut her hair and why tortured her. V’s response to this was, “I know you may never forgive me, but nor will you ever understand how hard it was for me to do what I did. Every day, I saw in myself everything you see in me now. Every day, I wanted to end it. But each time you refused to give in, I knew I couldn’t” (Vendetta).
According to what V said, all he wanted was for Evey to understand and open her eyes to see the reality that what these people have done to her by taking her family and now by wanting to take her life away was just something cruel and unfair and for this reason she had to lose innocence and make justice.
Loss of innocence makes you grow and takes you to another level in life. As the movie goes on, we finally get to the part were Evey understands she no longer is an innocent person. She finally knows the real purpose of V’s acts and the purpose of her life. Soon after V’s death she decides to proceed with V’s plan and destroys the Parliament buildings and says, “I will never forget that man, and what he ment to me” (Vendetta).
When Evey says this she is referring to how thankful she is with V, also how important he became in her life since all he really wanted was for her to understand that the government is unfair and that the world was unfair to all people who thinks and acts different. V makes Evey realize she has to act in mature and leave behind the innocence inside her.
According to the different situations Evey undergoes, we get to the conclusion that she loses her innocence but in effect she gained lots of things like knowledge and maturity. Furthermore, the fact that she almost gets raped, being mistreated in prison and V leaving her in charge of his plans; are the major reason of Evey losing her innocence. By loosing innocence she understands that all V wanted was for her to see what he went through and why he was killing and destroying things. Also he wanted to prove to Evey that their lives were pretty much the same and that no matter what your past was, or how your life is, at some point in life you have to let go the innocence inside you and stop living in dreams and suffering, and start living the reality to bring justice in life.
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