Essay Example: V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

The reborn of V when he blew up the camp into flames can have different meanings, such as destruction, hell, or danger, and V exactly did this throughout the text, and he died after doing so. It supports the readers to assume that the reborn can define the person's role. When a man was reborn into being V, he blew up the camp into flames and chaos, which he used to escape (Moore 83). At this moment, the book shows V colored black and surrounded by massive flames. It is hard not to have any influence on the readers. This strong impression will most likely make the readers think of the monstrosity he will have (from the color black), as fire commonly symbolizes destruction and danger.

Significantly, this impression is further strengthened when V follows the symbolization of fire throughout the text. In the beginning, when V kidnaps Prothero, V decides to break him mentally by burning all his cherished dolls (Moore 34). It defines destruction because he destroyed something that someone likes endearingly. V purposely did this to hurt Prothero, plus he released him to be found by the police (Moore 36). Thus, he is sending out a message to the government and the readers that the man with the V logo on the train is very damaging. Not knowing what Prothero did to V allows the readers to get an unfiltered view of V's madness. After this, he continued to destroy the liberty statue and the priest. By then, the readers will understand that V is a merciless murderer.

Then, the backstory of V comes out, and the readers can find the similarity. There is a correlation between V's methods and V's reborn: both uses fire. Therefore, 'Fire' defines the role of V in the text. A stronger argument is how V died after making the world into chaos. Without any methods to repair the world, he purposely dies. Thus, V can only be identified as the 'guy who demolished the world from birth to death.' This is how the readers can use the Jungian lens to view the reborn of V, and they can pick up how the way he was born impacted his way of acting and doing his job as V.