A Summary For V For Vendetta Essay Example

brutal area, which is a depressing place to live in, "A gash in the cliff like a gigantic passage. " The word "gash" is significant to the rest of the story. It represents, to me, the gash in the dummy's neck that Frisky creates with her teeth.

Also the writer describes the area by saying, "This dangerous channel, into which few ships venture. " This informs me that few people like to visit Bonifacio, and that ships only come when it is necessary. The writer continues to describe Bonifacio, but this time he uses repetition of the letter "s" in his sentences, "The wind harasses the sea remorselessly, sweeping the barren coast sparsely covered with coarse grass. " By using the repetition in this way, the letter "s" gives us a crisp, sharp sound rather than a soft sound.

The words that he uses such as "sparsely" and "coarse" again gives me an image of a very undesirable place to live in. This repetition, although it gets softer, continues for a while, "Look like torn sheets floating and drifting on the surface of the water. " This sentence is also relevant to the rest of the story. The torn sheets could represent the torn rags of the dummy due to Frisky the dog's mad rage over hunger. Also, to think of it in a more graphic way, the word "torn" represents the torn skin of Nicolas Ravolati, who is later savaged by Frisky according to the plan of the old widow.

Following the actual description of Bonifacio, the writer moves on to describe the widow's house briefly, "The widow Saverini's house, clinging to the very edge of the

cliff, had three windows opening on to this wide desolate view. " The word clinging could represent the widow clinging on to her thirst for revenge over her murdered son. It tells me that the old lady will hold on until she has her vengeance, and in her case the vengeance is to murder Nicolas Ravolati. Also, the "wide desolate view" represents the single view of revenge in the old lady's mind.

It tells me that she has almost no other thoughts apart from those of evil. The feelings of revenge have almost invaded her mind. In the next sentence, we are given a name for her son, Antoine. Also, we are informed about the dog, Frisky, "A great raw-boned bitch, with a long, rough coat, of the sheep dog breed. " This description makes me feel that the dog is a rough looking dog, whose appearance is not greatly looked after.

Also the words "raw boned bitch" informs me that the dog is quite healthy and that her bones are not brittle but very strong. The writer also says, The young man used her as a gun dog. " This tells me that the dog is an easily trained dog and is very capable of learning new things. This again is relevant to the rest of the story. The widow trains Frisky by starving her for days and letting her loose to savage a dummy which has meat around the neck. She continues this for weeks until she feels that Frisky is ready to repeat the process on a human, and this human would be Nicolas Ravolati.

The last sentence of the opening section confirms to us

that that the widow's son was knifed by Nicolas Ravolati, One evening, after a quarrel, Antoine Saverini was treacherously knifed by Nicolas Ravolati, who escaped to Sardinia the same night. " The word "quarrel" tells me that it does not take much to flare up the temper of Nicolas Ravolati, because a quarrel is only a small argument. After the small argument however, he decided to kill the man whom he was arguing with. It also informs me that Nicolas was scared of what may happen to him, so he escaped out of the country. In addition, it informs me that Nicolas knew there would be trouble if he did not leave.

In my opinion, I think this sentence perfectly ends the opening section. It gives us a sense of excitement as we know that something sinister could happen, and it makes us desperate to read the rest of the story just to find out if Nicolas is given what he deserves for murdering Antoine Saverini. Overall, I think the opening section of A Vendetta perfectly sets the scene for the rest of the story by the varied use of language and the vast use of effective adjectives. I think that the writer gradually builds up the excitement, and this sets the scene for the rest of the story, as the story is full of excitement.