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In the introduction to his first issue of the comics, Alan Moore wrote the following: "It's 1988 now. Margaret Thatcher is entering her third term of office and talking confidently of an unbroken Conservative leadership well into the next century. My youngest daughter is seven and the tabloid press is circulating the idea of concentration camps for persons with AIDS. The new riot police wear black visors, as do their horses, and their vans have rotating video cameras mounted on top. The government has expressed a desire to eradicate homosexuality, even as an abstract concept, and one can only speculate as to which minority will be the next legislated against. I'm thinking of taking my family and getting out of this country soon, sometime over the next couple of years. It's cold and it's mean-spirited and I don't like it here anymore." It is clear that the novel was envisioned as a response to the discriminatory tactics of Thatcher's conservative government. Before you answer the discussion question, make sure to read the PowerPoint and watch the video about Section 28 (an anti-gay law passed by Thatcher). Also, as the PowerPoint on V for Vendetta indicates, Thatcher was responsible for intensifying surveillance in the public sphere and militarizing the police (which she used to quell protests). In 150-200 words, explain in what ways Alan Moore's novel can be seen as a harsh criticism of Thatcher's government. What kind of government is depicted in the novel? How would you interpret its name "Norsefire" and its slogan? And finally, how does the government maintain control over the population?

In the introduction to his first issue of the comics, Alan Moore wrote the following:
"It's 1988 now. Margaret Thatcher is entering her third term of office and talking confidently of an unbroken Conservative leadership well into the next century. My youngest daughter is seven and the tabloid press is circulating the idea of concentration camps for persons with AIDS. The new riot police wear black visors, as do their horses, and their vans have rotating video cameras mounted on top. The government has expressed a desire to eradicate homosexuality, even as an abstract concept, and one can only speculate as to which minority will be the next legislated against. I'm thinking of taking my family and getting out of this country soon, sometime over the next couple of years. It's cold and it's mean-spirited and I don't like it here anymore."
It is clear that the novel was envisioned as a response to the discriminatory tactics of Thatcher's conservative government. Before you answer the discussion question, make sure to read the PowerPoint and watch the video about Section 28 (an anti-gay law passed by Thatcher). Also, as the PowerPoint on V for Vendetta indicates, Thatcher was responsible for intensifying surveillance in the public sphere and militarizing the police (which she used to quell protests).
In 150-200 words, explain in what ways Alan Moore's novel can be seen as a harsh criticism of Thatcher's government. What kind of government is depicted in the novel? How would you interpret its name "Norsefire" and its slogan? And finally, how does the government maintain control over the population?

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