V for Vendetta and Children of Men characters analysis

V for Vendetta:

V – he is the main character in the film. He is the freedom fighter and has beliefs that the government are wrong.

Evey – she is the second main character of the film and is one of many people that has a curfew. V convinces her to fight with him for freedom.

Sutler – founder and leader of The Party. Founder of the norsefire and is the dictator of Britain.

Prothero – He is “The Voice of London", and is a mouthpiece for the Norsefire government. 

Creedy – He is both Norsefire's party leader and the head of Britain's Secret Police, the Finger.

The people – they support V’s belief that the people should be free from the government’s control, and they protest whilst wearing the mask of V, so they symbolise that V is an idea and he is very powerful.

Dietrich –has religious books and has a haul of possessions, which are priceless and could get him in a lot of trouble with the government. He is homosexual, which could also have got him in trouble as the government disobeyed homosexuals. 

Children of Men:

Theo - typical everyday guy who has given up with life, and probably has a boring life. He is devastated as his child died during a flu pandemic. He is important as he has to look after another character called Kee - he is the hero.

Kee - she has the most important role as she is the only pregnant women in the world and has the human race in her hands as she is the only one that can carry it on. She is an african immigrant and had to be protected by Theo as she could be kidnapped by the immigration officers.

Jasper Palmer - he is a wise, benevolent and pot-smoking old friend of theo. Even thought there is a gloomy future for humankind, he still keeps a humorous, optimistic but practical attitude.

Julian Taylor - the tough and intelligent leader of the underground rebel group, the Fishes, and also Theo’s ex-wife. Although their marriage ended because of their only son’s death, Julian still entrusts Theo with the fate of humankind.

Syd - is a soldier at Bexhill’s refugee camp and a friend of Jasper’s. He is a person of no allegiances and acts upon his will.  

Luke - the calculating and pragmatic co-leader of the Fishes. Due to his frustration with the government’s branding of the Fishes as a terrorist organization, Luke orchestrates Julian’s death and plans to use Kee as a tool to gain support for the Fishes’ revolution.