Hogwarts Gymnastics Professor

Chapter 233 "V for Vendetta" in the Magic World

There are two forces in the world: the sword and thought; and in the long run the sword is always defeated by thought.

And today's European magic world is a scene where a wand loses to thought.

This reminded Lockhart of a banned film that was banned in many countries - "V for Vendetta".

There are many rumors about this movie. Some people say that this movie has been banned, some people say that this movie has not been released, and they even cited the fact that the movie channel Hee Hee TV had screened this movie as a reason.

Lockhart has done some research on this in his previous life. This movie was indeed shown on the Xixi TV movie channel, but it was indeed banned later.

Whether it is Bilibili, Douban, or iQiyi, it is impossible to find this movie through a full name search. You can only find it by deleting some keywords and searching again.

Hermione and Dobby, who were in charge of publicity work at the Red Ghost Society and the British Wizarding Council, seized the time to film the movie ahead of schedule according to Lockhart's idea, and began to use magic TV for a large number of screenings in Europe.

The Auror coalition forces of the Ministry of Magic of various countries are in France, and they can't take care of the country, so the Red Ghost Society and the British Council of Wizards have a lot of time to influence the interior of the magic circles in these countries.

In the fictitious future world, the entire European magic world at that time became a totalitarian state ruled by the dictator Adam Suttler. And secret Aurors are everywhere.

Here, foreigners, abnormal lovers and opponents will be arrested and put to death in concentration camps.

Ivy is a soft girl living in this country. Once she unfortunately fell into the claws of the Ministry of Magic. At the critical moment of life and death, a mysterious weirdo with a grinning mask and a cloak will come to her. She was rescued, and before leaving, the mysterious eccentric told Ivy that his name was "V".

Soon, Ai Wei was arrested and sent to a concentration camp. The guards shaved her hair and abused her in every possible way.But this time, the mysterious weirdo "V" came out at the right time again and rescued Ivy from the fire pit.

"V" told Ivy that he was a so-called "fighter" who used extreme violence against the Ministry of Magic and was currently planning a plan in which he planned to follow the example of Guy Fawkes in 1605.

In 1605, Guy Fawkes and his companions buried 36 barrels of explosives under the Capitol in an attempt to blow up the brutal dictatorship at that time, but the plan was brought to light and was hanged by King James I of England on November 11 of that year.

And the mask he wears is that the British can recognize Guy Fawkes at a glance.

Ivy is attracted by this "V" who has incredible fighting ability, scheming and extremely cruel means, and decides to join the ranks of "V", and together with V, he forms the "V for Vendetta".

"V"'s plan is progressing smoothly. After he blows up two iconic buildings in London, he seizes the radio station controlled by the Ministry of Magic.He incited the citizens to revolt and called on everyone to join him in blowing up the Ministry of Magic headquarters on November 11th.

The gray-and-white tone in this movie creates a soulless and dull society under totalitarian rule. In the name of order and stability, the state machine kidnaps the freedom and rights of the people, so the truth is no longer true, and lies are rampant.

The film shows Orwell's description in "1984" of the ideological imprisonment and the collective aphasia of the people under the dictatorship and totalitarian rule. The personal violence of social violence has become the judge of the dictator's power and the lone hero who defends free will.

Lu Xun once said: "The birthplace of revolution can also become the birthplace of counter-revolution."

400 years ago, this group of religious people offended the principle of the monarch and became the victim of political operation. This action of rebelling against political authority out of religious fanaticism was also disillusioned with the public execution of Fox and others on the gallows.

But people may fail, they may be arrested, killed, and forgotten, but their thoughts do not bleed, do not feel pain, and flow undercurrents with their power to penetrate time and space.

Therefore, it reappeared as the Avenger V after 400 years, with the power to change the world, in the name of helping justice, intending to awaken the "silent majority", create terror through assassination, and let the former totalitarian see the power of thought,
In the end, under the banner of defending freedom, a large number of people were assembled, and the awakening of free will in their hearts made them break through the last line of defense under totalitarian rule like a flood, forming a grand scene where all the people are V.

When the bell rang at midnight on November 11th, an underground train filled with gunpowder led to the British Parliament Building, a building that symbolized dictatorship, accompanied by Tchaikovsky's "5 Overture", The building exploded rhythmically amidst the splendid fireworks, and finally fell down.

In such a comparison of time and space, we see the repetition of history, history is always advancing, and people are also constantly improving. All that is needed is some time, some time for awakening, time for inheritance, even if there is only a little thought. Mars.

Rawls mentioned in "A Theory of Justice" that justice is the natural choice of people under the "veil of ignorance".The so-called veil of ignorance refers to the choices people make without any social experience background and other external forces.

Only this choice is in line with justice in the true sense.However, the European wizards in the film are in a state of extreme unfreedom.
They pinned their hopes on this powerful totalitarian party, and after giving up their rights to the greatest extent, they finally made themselves live in a cage; artists used lies to expose the facts, and politicians used lies to cover up the facts.
In order to rebuild social order and maintain its conservative totalitarian rule, the European Ministry of Magic chanted the slogan "Unity Through Faith", quickly built a "prison of lies", and constructed its own totalitarian network.

They confiscated all the magic TVs, and then started the propaganda machine of the magic world - "Daily Prophet", turning black and white, falsifying facts, manipulating public opinion, and replacing the evolution of real events with uninterrupted games of lies.

Thus, the bombing of the Berry Building by V turned into a creative demolition by the national blasting team; the staff of the Jordan Tower who were innocently killed by the police became V's scapegoat.

In order to maintain the people's complete and complete obedience, the country continues to spread panic and fear, and the country has fallen into civil war, water shortage, crime, and infectious diseases for no reason, and it seems to be on the verge of annihilation.

It is worth noting that in the film, the headquarters of the "Daily Prophet" is placed in the center of the entire city and occupies the commanding heights.

It is like a vision without a face, the whole city is its perception area and transmission range, it makes lies everywhere, and makes all hidden things obvious[2], here, all People are imprisoned in this "prison of lies".

At the same time, relying on faith, a set of strict censorship and surveillance systems have been established to form a lasting and stable operating mechanism for the country.

Everything in the past has been tampered with, the classics are banned, every statue, every painting, even the street buildings have been renamed, and the colorful oil paintings have been replaced by the monotonous portrait of Führer Sutler.

Let him oppressively enter people's minds with an omnipotent image that sees everything, as if he is giving orders at any time, detecting and adjudicating all mistakes. The guard with a sharp knife has replaced the Statue of Liberty and become a symbol of the ruler's belief.

The secret police are rampant in the world, pagans and homosexuals are accused of being "public enemies of the state" and disappear overnight; the parents of the heroine Eve in the film were brutally killed because they participated in the riots in Leeds.

And she was also forced to adopt a more elegant discipline learning method different from rough personal possession, to achieve a "monastery" type of thorough ideological transformation, transplant the ruler's personal will into the brain, and finally establish Comprehensive and persistent, indecomposable and unlimited domination relationship.

Then freedom fighter V appeared.

Strange mask, extraordinary skills, profound knowledge, humorous conversation, soul full of hatred, and a heart full of scars, this is the hero in the movie - V Stranger.

As soon as he appeared on the stage, he used the image of a savior to kill two secret Aurors with evil intentions and saved Eve.

Eve is a good citizen in the system, keeping her own law and order, but she still has the gene of a revolutionist. With her own thoughts and actions, V completes the redemption of Eve step by step, overcomes her inner fear, faces death, and finally stands with him. We are on the same front, fighting for the hope of wizards and the wizarding world.

V was one of the human subjects tested by the Ministry of Magic in the Larkhill Detention Center, but he narrowly escaped death and became the only survivor among the 48 test subjects.

The cruel torture did not corrode his wisdom and thinking, but honed his superhuman physique and will.In the end, he set fire to the detention center and took the opportunity to escape.But he paid a heavy price for being severely burned.Before leaving, he vowed revenge on the authoritarian Ministry of Magic.

He stole the magic TV confiscated by the Ministry of Magic, exposed the misdeeds and atrocities of the Ministry of Magic through speeches on TV, and called on wizards all over Europe to stand up and demonstrate with him in front of the Parliament Building on November 11, one year later. against dictatorship.

Through a series of violent assassinations, he ruthlessly punished the dregs of society who conducted biochemical experiments and killed lives for their own greed.

Under such a prominent and unlimited personal "supreme power" system, the people have long been occupied by the state, and they are subordinate to the Ministry of Magic like slaves to their masters. They have once and for all accepted various laws of society, contracts, and Possibly used to punish him for thought crimes.

However, V broke away from the contract between the Ministry of Magic and wizards, and even continued to break this contract, becoming an enemy of this system. He voluntarily deprived himself of his "citizenship", revealing that he was regarded as "abnormal"" The free nature of the madman.

He is an avenger, a gravedigger of totalitarian rulers, boldly judging the omnipresent power of the "Ministry of Magic" and eroding the strongest political chains of the centralized empire;
But he is also an ideological enlightener for the people, reminding the country of things it has forgotten-fairness, justice, and freedom, rebuilding the free will in people's minds, and making people recognize the will of the rulers of the Ministry of Magic through actions. Cruelty, injustice, discrimination and suppression, and questioning the Ministry of Magic and then personally overthrowing the Ministry of Magic.

V represents a kind of personal violence against social violence, and is a representative of fighting against the shackles of reason. He uses agility and magic spells to realize the benevolence and righteousness in his eyes.He violently resisted the dictatorship with stubborn arrogance, and in this way made the wizards realize that they have the freedom not only to disobey, but also to resist violently!
When the bell rang on November 11th, Eve pulled the handle, and the train full of gunpowder roared towards the Parliament Building with V's body, and then the Parliament Building turned into a gorgeous scene in Tchaikovsky's "5 Overture". fireworks, the wizards took off their masks one after another, as if reborn.

This is the victory of the people and the victory of free will. It is also the crowd watching. From watching an idea being hanged 400 years ago to the fireworks of free will after 400, it has to be said that this is the revival of the ideal of freedom. return of rights.

In fact, from V's first appearance, every failure of the dictatorial Ministry of Magic is a victory of free will, but up to this point, the victory of individual heroism over totalitarianism has evolved into the victory of the masses over totalitarianism.

As a martyr, V ended an old era with his own death and ushered in a new era.As he said: Tomorrow will be a different world, and it should be shaped by different people.

So who is V?He's the guerrilla leader, he's the marching wizard leader, he's you and me, and everyone, because you are freedom.

At the end of the movie, countless wizards put on masks like V, and they are no longer them, and they have all become V since then.

They gathered and began to lay siege to the Ministry of Magic with their wands. They captured and judged the officials of the Ministry of Magic.

"Under the mask is an idea, and thinking is not afraid of spells" "Wizards should not be afraid of the Ministry of Magic, the Ministry of Magic should be afraid of wizards" "The Ministry of Magic tells stories with news, and artists use stories to tell facts."

These lines quickly attracted countless wizards to stand up, and this was also Lockhart's purpose.

Admittedly, according to Lockhart's various theoretical research and personal practice, the revolutionary approach in "V for Vendetta" is undoubtedly somewhat idealized and unrealistic.

But there's also no question that the film is entertaining and provocative.

The mysterious weirdo, well-planned and agile, tries to overthrow the autocratic Ministry of Magic, inspire the people's courage to resist, and step on the road of justice but do whatever it takes.

A mysterious figure wearing a Guy Fawkes mask and holding a magic wand in one hand and a rose in the other, freedom fighter V seeks to create sociopolitical change while secretly promoting fierce personal vengeance.

Who wouldn't want to be like this?
　This book is about to be finished, and the new book "Journey to the West, the Rebellious Monkey King" has been uploaded. I hope all readers can take a look.

　　
　
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