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The irony and juxtaposition of birds as paralleled in 104 and 208; a thread.
Let’s start off by distinguishing the symbolism of birds. Generally, birds symbolize all of freedom, peace, transformation, and power.
At first glance, the scenes appear similar down to the breakout of a fight following the showing of birds. However, here’s where the irony and juxtaposition kicks in. By shooting eve, v attempts to justify and convince herself that she is in control and in power, +
eve’s death freeing her from the woman who Konstantin described as being the reason behind v softening up and growing weaker. Rather, the scar that v imprints upon eve becomes a part of her that she cannot outrun or ignore, tying the women into a tighter bound to one another.
Though v deluded herself into believing that she emerged out of this experience stronger, it turns out that the person on the receiving end of the bullet had been able to build up their walls of defense and grow more resilient. While Eve is the one seen to be crying on the bed +
