Week 4 Topic 1

Topic 1 - In V for Vendetta, several groups are persecuted by the new government. It is unfortunate that over and over again we see groups of people choose to marginalize certain people. Why do you think we persecute people who are different than we are?

I feel that we persecute people who are different than us because we feel inferior them. Most people do not like change so when something or someone different comes along we become closeminded to them and never give them a chance. I feel we persecute people who are different from us because they are different from us. People tend to hang around other people who are like them, who have the same beliefs as they do, who dress similar, who like the same music, who are interested in the same things, etc. It is human nature to want to be around people like ourselves. So when someone different comes along, they want nothing to do with them and to make themselves feel better they persecute the "others."

Rebecca M.