One of the most interesting parts of the film, as far as Marxist thought is concerned, is the growth of Evey, the female protagonist, and her struggle against her own false consciousness. She begins as a working class girl who, when stopped on the street after curfew by the police, honestly believes she has done wrong. Later, after meeting V and seeing his message stir something in her, Evey defends him by attacking a police officer during V's takeover of the government television station. Yet when she wakes up in V's hiding place, her false consciousness sets in and she asks herself, "God, what have I done?" I tracked down a detective. Why did I do this? I shouldn't have done it. I must have gone crazy! To which V responds, “Is that what you really think, or what they would have wanted you to think?” » suggesting the existence of his fake