The watchmen 1-4 – Flashcards

was a national law passed in 1977 by the United States Congress that outlawed “costumed adventuring”. Passed by a United States senator named John David Keene, it immediately made illegal any form of vigilantism by costumed adventurers, except for the few who worked solely in the remit of the United States government.

After this realization, he believes that the attack is the work of a mask killer, and sets out to warn the other heroes. The other heroes were skeptical of rorschach at first. miss j- happy he is dead since he tried to rape her mother the other heroes remember the comedian and how he would treat the other heroes

Rorschach went to see ” The smartest man in the world ” to try to find out the cause of the comedians death. Veidt appeared to be on a high pedestal and made his name into a brand. He was in it more for the fame and getting money. Nazi ( related to the comedian and his cruel ways)

He believed his father to be a man of justice, perhaps an ideal model for his ways.Rorschach is close friends with the second Nite Owl. He is the first hero Rorschach meets with when Comedian is killed[24] and Nite Owl organizes a rescue mission to free Rorschach from jail when he is arrested.[25] Before Watchmen: Nite Owl reveals that Rorschach was active as a hero before Nite Owl made his debut and on the latter’s first night out as a hero, Rorschach sneaks into his owl ship and offers his services to Nite Owl as a partners. ( Rorschach seemed to be fond of the Comedian and spoke favorably for him. He didn’t like the two silk spectres

2nd nite owl he took the steps in becoming a costumed hero he was inspired by Action Comics’ Superman and the real life exploits of Hooded Justice to take up the life of a vigilante. He was nicknamed Nite Owl for spending his evenings working out in the Police Gymnasiums as much as possible and going to bed at 9:00pm to rise for a 5:00am work out before donning his badge and uniform.

under the hood explains the timeline that hollis took to tranform to being the night owl.Mason ponders his career choice as a New York City policeman by sourcing it to his time with his grandfather who taught him moral values, thus his instant disgust toward the people of New York. While expressing his excitement toward the release of comic books he reveals his early desire to become a super-hero of sorts himself. The true trigger of his entry into night-time crime fighting is an article about the first live super-hero, Hooded Justice.
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He decides upon the name ‘Nite Owl’ and details the rigorous task of creating a costume. He then gives brief information and opinion about each of the other masked adventurers who came about around the same time as him. Afterward he reflects about who they were as people, and what people thought of them.

yes, hollis mason was trained to be a police officer and also was taught moral values from his father, other journalist may want to cause corruption in order to sell more copies of their papers

the minutemen were the crimefighters in the watchmen, they disbanded due to age and the keene act

The film version of the 1966 Crimebusters meeting is led by Ozymandias. Captain Metropolis is not present. The proposed group is called the Watchmen, and like in the graphic novel, the notion is ridiculed by the Comedian, however unlike the graphic novel, in the film it seems largely implied that the group stayed together even beyond the meeting, actually working as “The Watchmen” together, as opposed to the Crimebusters in the novel, that never came together after the meeting. Then again, somewhat like in the comics, “the Watchmen” might have just been an informal name applied to the “second generation of costumed vigilantes” operating in the 1960s and 1970s.2.

identity,escape from reality, the advantage of having a masked identity is being able to do risky things and be able to have power over society”Man is filled with fallacies. Sometimes a small sacrifice must be made to save a bigger picture. Don’t believe everything you see in a person. “

Doctor told the comedian to see pagliacci to cure his depression. The iron joke is that the comedian is that clown and that he is unable to cure himself of depression.

Under the hood reveals that Sally was raped and lauries father is the comedian. The major plot components that are in Under the Hood is….

Tales of the Black Freighter is a comic book within the Watchmen universe, an example of post-modern Metafiction and comic-within-a-comic that also serves as a foil for the main plot. Issues 23 and 24, comprising the story Marooned, are included within Watchmen itself. They are read by a teenage boy named Bernie, who sits outside a newsstand through all his appearances.

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was a magazine, critical to Costumed adventurers. It was also a political antagonist of the New Frontiersman

New Frontiersman is a conservative publication. Typically containing articles espousing “right-wing” political and societal views, it is read regularly by Rorschach. A sample article appears in the Watchmen graphic novel at the end of Chapter VIII. It was also a political antagonist of the Nova Express.

that he is a cancer spreader. The nova express has a rival called the New Frontiersman. The New frontersman is a lot more liberal than the nova express. The character that reads the nova express is…… it is fitting because…..

officer hollis mason wants to clean up the city and find inspiration in action comics , the desire for justice is a common theme between the watchmen and under the hood

jons father discouraged him from following his fathers footsteps in becoming a watchmaker. Jon went to hardvard to study aurodynancis and physics. After jons redemption and life as dr.manhattan he is able to see through time with the people he talks to. he pretends to still love his first wife jane but already sees a future with 16 year old laurie.

time- as jon being able to fix watches he is also able to have control of time and be able to see through the past and future in the lives of the people he associates with Another theme is fate. Dr. Manhattan was created via a chain of unrelated events, some taking place years apart. He goes into the nuclear reactor to get his coat. His coat has Janey’s watch in it. The watch is in his coat because he was going to give it to her. He has her watch because he fixed it. He fixed it because a fat man stepped on it. He met Janey through his friend Wally Weaver. He met Wally Weaver at college. He went to college because his father forced him to. His father forced him to because Einstein discovered that time was relative, and thus felt that a Watchmaker has no purpose, and felt nuclear power was the way of the future. He was driven to this by the bombing of atomic bombing Hiroshima. He taught Jon how to fix watches, which is why he was able to fix Janey’s watch. And the sequence of events strays off in various directions going back to the beginning of time. Jon decides that everything happens because something else happens, and that everything is at the fault of another. He cannot find a name for the force that started this, and hypothesizes that nothing is made, that it’s always existed. He also determines that this will not stop, that it is “always too late.” to stop something. His last line was “Nothing ever ends.” And this is true. This infinity ties in with the neverending power structure. PHOTO- the photo of jane and jon is the only photo that anyone has of him which tells us that no one can capture him in time

President Nixon asked Dr.Manhatten to find a solution for the war in vietnam. Nixon is known for being the mastermind of the watergate scandal

Violence-with the comedians killing vietnamese partner and unborn son.Time :despite his importance in the Cold War, and is unable to connect with others .Jon attended the Comedian’s funeral and reflected on their association in the Vietnam War. dedication to justice, who watches the watchmen? shows that no human are able to change the world

One theme is power. The rhetorical question “Who watches the Watchmen?” sums up the whole theme. The heroes of the story are normal humans, who have taken it upon themselves to watch over the general population. The riot scene points out one thing though: These normal people are beating up other normal people and imposing the law. So it extends to “What gives the lawmakers the right to make laws?” Also, when Rorschach and Nite Owl approach Adrian’s fortress, he says “Do you think this is how normal people feel around us?”, referring to the fear and intimidation they feel. In short form, the book says that power is never-ending, that someone always answers to someone. This is important.

Superman was a ” forgotten hero” . One of the themes of watchmen highlights all of the forgotten minutemen heroes rediscover themselves

Dr.Mahatten is described as the only true hero , moral values are relevant even though jon isn’t perfect himself

Rorscach visits Moloch again to talk about the comedian. Since the comedian visited moloch a few days before he died.

Both detectives talk about the war with the Russians and how Russia is invading Afghanistan. They both ironically talked about how ww3 will never happen. The blood of the wall’s pattern is similar to the comedians smily face. The two detectives were so used to death that they were talking about getting breakfast at the scene.

I interpret this exchange from a real life point of view. With the mass shootings they are inspired by the media due to past events. What can be made of this is that by seeing negative things portrayed on the media more negative things were going to occur in the future.

The artist death on a ship,darkness and the many corpses that linger in both of the stories backgrounds

blood on the road being washed up

The assistant is talking about how the ancient egyptians saw death as a good thing. This is ironic because Veidts assistant dies minutes later

Rorscach is framed by Veidt. Rorscachs alter ego….

At first Long seems very positive about Rorscachs recovery because Rorscach isn’t actually telling the truth about what he sees.Gloria doesn’t want Dr.Long to become negative because of the clients that Dr.Long works with. Dr.Longs entries are different because it shows some positive outlooks at the begining but towards the end long learns from rorscach and realizes what life is really like, he reflect this in his later entries.

We learn that kovacs comes from a very dirty household. HE wasn’t treated well as a child so he shows pity towards the children he encounters later in life. Kovacs officially snaps and becomes a hero with the Blair Roche case. After he wasn;t able to find Blair alive he lost faith in humanity.

I guess we all agree that the main reason behind Rorschach’s mental instability or messed up psychology is the way Rorschach handled the little girl’s kidnapping case. that a lot of it stems from Rorschach’s childhood and upbringing and his early years with his mother, growing up as an unwanted child too. The writing shows how kovac has two living parents but actually doesn’t have any in his life.father was kicked out because he liked Truman and always thought that his father worked for Truman in some way. His picture was label my dream showing two monster like creatures linked together.The first letter from dr.long is very optimistic about kovacs recovery. In the two chapters listed we see the blotches and people sharing affection which connects to how kovacs drawing looks.

Shows one version of someones perception of love

both have the lingering question of death “those glorious days that innocence..dead?”

Halloween is a fitting day because since the keene act was established the heroes weren’t able to go out in costume. This day shows how violence and deciet plays a part in the heroe’s lives

fine appeared to be skeptical of dan at first but after talking to him the tone settled down. talked about rorscachs arrest and the silk sprectre quoting the nova express ‘spirit of 77″ referring to the silk spectre 1

I noticed that Seymour wasn’t respected by Mr.Godfrey….Honors is like the hawk sometimes it…. the title makes the reader question about what the newspaper is talking about and the front pahe had rorscachs face on it.

was an Indian surrealist painter. She was married with two sons but had prominent difficulties with her marriage. She disappeared four months after Max Shea as part of Adrian Veidt’s plan to create the Alien Monster, for which she apparently contributed at least part of its design.

The last week of October, the police called off the inquiry about his disappearance because of lack of evidence. The New Frontiersman insisted that these disappearances were part of a conspiracy.

In Chapter VIII on Halloween, he is shown on an uncharted island with Hira Manish, a vanished artist, and they discuss their current project and Shea’s past work as Manish sketches the face of the alien. It is revealed that Manish has done the art for some of Shea’s past works, and they refer to the alien both affectionately and sarcastically as “our baby.”

Hi – the conflict at the newsstand definitely coincides with the violence, paranoia, and overall frailty of humanity demonstrated throughout the course of the novel. We have Dr. Long and his wife,Gloria seeming about to reconcile, but it is interrupted by his attempt to stop the couple from fighting. His wife is upset that he seems to care more about the world – than their happiness as a couple. But his assertion is that he has to help – it is who he is – similar to what Bernard the newsstand owner is saying about people being/not being connected to each other

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We see that violence breaks out at the newsstand….. also….

he gets help from the 2nd nite owl and laurie….

hollis mason gets attacked….

We see flashbacks from Lauries childhood and the snowglobe. It shows how laurie had a rough childhood because sally’s husband laurence knew she wasn’t his child. This section illustrates perception of time by the castle….

Laurie is now able to have a better perception of time and is now able to realize that the things in her life happened for a reason. The bottle of nostalgia symbolizes……

The comedian is unknown to laurie. When Laurie meets her father while smoking the comedian made hints of their resembalance but didn’t tell her directly that he was the father. Dr. Manhattan returns to earth because……

We learn that……..

That ……………..

We find out that they have been sent away. They eventually get bombed on a ship.

Rorscach left his journal with Seymour . Seymour is left with the future in his hand but is unaware of what the journal was exactly. At the end of the novel Godfrey tells Seymour that the world is in his hands literally.

they both have war like attributes and have darkness coming their way. death on ships, corpses and time all play a part.

It reveals that the ancient egyptian rameses were excited to see the world end. Veidts business ventures attempted to take over society by having cosmetics, models and other figures……

veidt cosemetics, sexual imagery with being overly dramatic.models where chosen with a slightly androgynous quality to them.even appear to the gay audience with the after shave.

creates for the design of the alien monster……………………

the conflict at the newsstand definitely coincides with the violence, paranoia, and overall frailty of humanity demonstrated throughout the course of the novel. We have Dr. Long and his wife,Gloria seeming about to reconcile, but it is interrupted by his attempt to stop the couple from fighting. His wife is upset that he seems to care more about the world – than their happiness as a couple. But his assertion is that he has to help – it is who he is – similar to what Bernard the newsstand owner is saying about people being/not being connected to each other

” The day the earth stood still” was on the wall while the clock was stuck at 12:00. Everyone was dead and still

It made Veidt appear to be a very good person who care more about people and their well being than crime. He stopped fighting crime because he wasn’t exactly sure why he was doing it.

The Nova express was a rival to the NF which supported costumed heroes. A passage that showed foreshadowing was when ” a new world is within our grasp…if only we wanted it badly enough

created a clone with a physic brain to destroy half of new York in order to create a utopia

The other watchmen were upset and all wanted to compromise except for Rorsach.

Since Rorscach doesn’t want to compromise he decides to have jon kill him

The notion of superheroes that they are human and even though they have super powers they also still have flaws. What makes them a hero is the willingness to risk their lives in order to save others.