His last few moments in the novel reveal him to be a timid, socially inept man who is eager to somehow connect with his people. He is not without human qualities, however. He reserves the closest thing he can manage to human feeling for Fate, the super-computer which both surveys security and maintains the bureaucracy of his government, loving and worshiping the machine as a goddess in one scene, it is strongly implied that he masturbates in its presence.

The leaders of these departments run the day-to-day affairs of government with regular oversight from Susan, making the highest council of the Norsefire government-the Head.įrom his inner sanctum, he forsakes virtually all human contact, resolving to be feared and respected if he cannot be loved. These are run by his subordinates, Derek Almond (later Peter Creedy) at The Finger, Conrad Heyer at The Eye, Brian Etheridge at The Ear, Eric Finch at The Nose, and Roger Dascombe at The Mouth. In order to further monitor the state, Susan takes control of the internal intelligence departments known as the Eye and the Ear, the criminal-investigation department called the Nose, the military police called the Finger, and the propaganda department called the Mouth. He bans all art and literature that conflict with the views of the party, criminalizes political dissent, and puts liberals, blacks, Jews, Asians, Muslims and LGBT people into concentration camps. Once in control, he gives himself the title of 'Leader'. A former police chief constable, upon his entrance into politics he gathers a select few like-minded right-wing extremists into his inner circle, and then exploits the poverty, chaos, and panic that follow a worldwide nuclear war to be elected to power. The graphic novel establishes his backstory.

Despite the latter, he disdains all sexual contact as 'brutish coupling', and has therefore remained a virgin his entire life. He states early in the novel that he believes in 'the destiny of the Nordic race' and despises anyone who is not white, male, Christian and heterosexual. A firm adherent of pure fascism, he values order above all else and sees civil liberties as threats to a secure society. He is renamed Adam Sutler in the 2005 film adaptation, in which he is portrayed by John Hurt.Īdam Susan is the leader of the Norsefire party, and the ruler of the dictatorship that holds Britain in an iron grip. Adam James Susan is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the comic book series (later graphic novel) V for Vendetta, created by writer Alan Moore and illustrator David Lloyd.

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