In the World of Watchmen people in the United States have been digging into their sense of paranoia due to the possibility of World War III happening with Russia. This sense of paranoia even caused them to unnecessarily ban the activities of masked vigilantes by way of the 1977 “Keene Act” requiring all masked supers either begin working for the government or retire immediately. There is no difference in a masked criminal and a criminal without a mask on. One is only hiding their identity until they are caught. Turning this into a black and white problem is an issue of public safety when the masked villains in the same places as before will do the opposite of the heroes and begin committing even more crimes of their choice due to nobody being there to protect the city from harm. The Keene Act screams paranoia from the …show more content…
government instead a desire for public safety in the same way prohibition of alcohol did in the early 20th century and the illegality of marijuana does today. Why should the known violent actions of The Comedian (Watchmen p. 56-57) and the absolute insanity of Rorschach keep incredible people like Nite Owl II and Silk Spectre II from doing their “nightly activities?” The immense universe comic books and superheroes and supervillains come from is usually seen as black and white, good and evil, those who want to help the world and those who want to corrupt and destroy it; but there is so much gray area to look at. Watchmen alone is as complex of a graphic novel as it gets when it comes to the characters, their backstories and their desires. To base a law encompassing an entire group of people, the majority of which do nothing but help to clean up their city by way of their vigilante activities, and require them to either begin working for the government is going to make the cities these helpful heroes have been protecting more and more dangerous as the criminals and villains realize their cities are more vulnerable and unguarded than before. In the end the heroes and the villains alike will fall to their innermost feelings and desires. Whether or not Adrian Veidt had his immense wealth, his intellect would always have made him look down on the rest of humanity and made him view himself as “the smartest man alive” (Watchmen p. 52.) In addition to making vigilantes either retire or work for the government, it also forced the vigilantes to register their names, giving those who had been put in prison by the vigilante in the past the opportunity to learn the real name of the person who put them in prison (Spanakos p. 34.) This would be extremely dangerous and is the reason we have Witness Protection in this country for people who give testimony in court against powerful people. That necessity of keeping these people’s families safe was enough to enact the Witness Protection Program and making these vigilanties register their names would put their families in danger. Some people are driven insane from the time they are young and whether or not they become a vigilante won’t have a mark on the craziness, violence and brutality of their actions as an adult. That’s why it’s easy to say the anti-hero Rorschach would likely have become some sort of mad serial killer or other form of incredibly violent person, had he not become a vigilante, due to his upbringing (Watchmen p. 181.) Just because he has these incredibly violent tendencies shouldn’t disclude the rest of the vigilantes who are having positive influences on their cities. Keeping all vigilantes under control via the Keene Act isn’t the way to help cities around the country, it prevents those who are protecting the citizens of their town from the villains trying to destroy them and the world. Rorschach’s indiscriminate horrific actions against anybody who gets in his way just shows that he is an insane human being who would be taking actions of that kind whether he had put on the blotted mask or not. That insanity would have taken hold of him no matter what and that should have been taken into account instead of banning every single masked hero unless they register and begin working with the government. The Keene Act shouldn’t have made heroes like Nite Owl II retire when they were doing nothing but helping their city.
He even has deep regrets from quitting instead of continuing his activities without registering just like Rorschach (Watchmen p. 21.) He feels as if he has no more meaning in his life but life begins to feel more complete starts the “Owlship” back-up and goes on some more nighttime excursions (Watchmen p. 234). He was forced to stop helping those around him but once he went back into the city under his cowl he found a renewed meaning to life and wanted to help everybody he could. Who knows how much safer and cleaner New York City would have been had he not been forced to stop those activities. Maybe there would be less organized crime and less gangs like the Top Knots. Nite Owl could have kept New York City more in line than it ended up being simply because the government got too paranoid to allow those helping their cities to continue doing so only for the reason of not knowing their identities. Apparently, needing to know the identity of the person helping you is that important to the US Government in the World of
Watchmen. Masked superheroes being able to keep their identities a secret if they so please is an important position to be taken for the simple fact of it being safer for them and their families. The second their identities are made known, those who they have hurt, put into jail, and who’s crimes they have stopped will be able to go after them. Turning these once masked heroes into identified celebrities may in turn be dangerous once the villains of the world know where to find the hero’s homes and possibly their places like the “Owlcave.” Making them able to do this would only make it more difficult for the heroes to do their jobs in saving and serving their cities; protecting them from the atrocities waiting around the corner from the good-hearted citizens. In what way is this helpful and in what way is this going to protect the city? The police of the Watchmen version of NYC would already be going after criminals and there would be no difference in a masked criminal and one with his face out in the open. Catching one or the other makes no difference for those working in the crime lab, jail, and the prisons once you take their mask off (Watchmen p. 172, 179.) The World of Watchmen is one of the most dangerous times in the DC Universe. Dr. Manhattan being one of the only characters in said Universe able to destroy it with a snap of his fingers. The Keene Act of 1977 made vigilantes either retire or register but a superhero should be acting on their own accord when they are helping the world. Crime is crime no matter who is committing it and just because it happens to be somebody wearing a mask shouldn’t be the limiting factor. Somebody registered with the Keene Act is as likely to go or be insane as somebody who didn’t register. All it takes is a look at The Comedian to see that registering isn’t the end all be all of somebody being a good person and they can very well be just as bad as somebody who doesn’t. Somebody who doesn’t register may be just as likely as the Nite Owl II is to help the city, we won’t know just by their agreement to register their name and start working with the government.
In the story, The Watcher by James Howe, a girl named Margaret feels invisible and isolated because nobody thinks she is important. Margaret is a poor and outcast skinny girl.She writes in her journal about how she wishes her family life could be better. She was also being abused by her father and never attempted to call the Police.She also had a rough and bad Childhood.The first time Chris Spoke to Margaret(The Watcher) all he discovered at was a pain, sadness, and Loneliness.
Ken Hamblin is the author of “The Black Avenger.” He has worked in various media fields and continues to work as a talk radio host and has a talk show of his own. He also refers to himself as a thinking black man (384-385). Hamblin seems to believe that hard work is the only way to be successful. Hamblin writes an effective work that portrays ethos by using his racial credibility, pathos to invoke emotions, and logos by cause and effect.
Alan Moore’s “Watchmen” focuses on several characters throughout the novel making the idea of a main character moot. However, one character can be described as the most influential to the plot of the graphic novel. Rorschach can be seen as such due to the fact that he narrates a large portion of the novel, and his heroic code that he follows. Not only does he influence the plot by those two reasons, but also by uniting the characters after a long silence. The Comedian is the only character that almost perfectly fits as the character with the most influence on the plot of “Watchmen.” The death of his character allows for the plot to be set in motion. He has not only has he shaped every other character in the novel, but the symbol that represents his character can be found throughout the graphic novel. Although Rorschach can be interpreted as the most influential character of “Watchmen,” The Comedian influenced more aspects of the plot than any other character of the graphic novel.
In their graphic novel Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons establish their story during the Cold War period, when a group of superheroes tackle the task to save humanity from a potential World War III caused by tensions among governmental powers. Managed by the intelligence of Adrian Veidt, the worst was avoided after the attack of alien forces causes the death of millions of New Yorkers that leads to a temporary world peace. The representations of the Watchmen superheroes of Moore and Gibbons, particularly Rorschach, display the concept of heroism being a part of the real world, among the regular public of our society.
Snitching: both authors disagree on this subject. According to Natapoff, “the federal government has been creating criminal snitches and setting them loose” (299). the federal government is letting criminal snitches negotiate the terms to shorten their sentence; some don’t even spend time in prison. However, criminals should watch their backs. Maxwell says, “I do have an answer for catching some,if not all, of these murderers. Snitch” (291). If more citizens would contact the police when they saw or heard of a criminal offense being committed, and this would lead to more
In the novel Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, interprets the achievement of order and law through the use of power and violence by superheroes. This novel consists a total of seven different characters to demonstrate how superheroes obtain peace in society through the use of violence. The writer portrays the plot in different characters’ perspectives by guiding readers in their point of view. This motivation also assists readers to examine the loneliness and the feeling of isolation during Dr. Jonathan Osterman, Walter Joseph Kovacs and Laurie Juspeczky’s life experiences.
An influential and victorious Kingsman encounters three types of traits which are loyalty, courage, and anger. These characteristics demonstrate and prove the theme of the film Kingsman: The Secret Service, which is the central idea of the plot. In order to develop realism, the arrangement of the film was precisely organized to create an attraction, which is known as the mise-en-scene. Key components such as lights, costumes and setting help set up the visually appeal of the diegesis. Whereas, the angles, distances, and heights of a camera’s position enhance the intensity of a scene, which is the cinematography. In the film, Kingsman: The Secret Service, the protagonist, Eggsy, substantiates the qualities of a true Kingsman, which is obedience,
In something of a throwback to the vulgar, screwball, action comedies of the 1990s, The Hitman's Bodyguard could easily settle in comfortably within the shadows of Lethal Weapon, Midnight Run, and several other buddy/cop action flicks where two folks must overcome their differences and solve a crime.
“The New York City Auxiliary Police Program is the largest in the country. Currently the program consists of over 4,500 dedicated men and women who perform volunteer services for their community. Auxiliaries represent a cross of section of the ethnic and racial composition of each of the City’s seventy-six Patrol Precincts, nine Housing Police Service Areas and twelve Transit Districts. Collectively, they contribute over one million hours of service each year. The duty they perform is voluntary; however, a minimum of 144 hours of duty per fiscal years is required.”(2) This system of surveillance main goal is to decrease the levels of crimes in all areas. In this unit, police, and the regular citizen work together.
The Nightwatch by Rembrandt van Rijn is an oil painting which features Captain Frans Banninck and his militia. It provides valuable cultural significance, showing how people interacted, what styles of clothing they wore, and and who would be found in a setting such as a militia. It was one of the first of its time to show a painting of a group actually interacting with the environment rather than posing and looking straight at the viewer, making it very notable.1 The painting is the impressive size of 379.5 cm by 453.5 cm.2 It has been subject to acts of destruction, known as iconoclasm, which demonstrate just how powerfully influential the painting is.3
Like I mentioned earlier, several things happening around us that we don’t recognize in today’s world,. One of the things is the surveillance program. When I walk around in the city I live, I see cameras installed almost outside of every apartments complex, big buildings, and so on. However, that is not what worries me the most.
The novel Deathwatch by Robb White (New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, 1972. Print) is set in the Death Valley area of California. Ben, a college student who works as a guide during the summer months, has been hired by Madec, a wealthy, businessman, to lead him to bighorn sheep which live in the desert mountains. Although at first these men have a common purpose for being in the area, the death of a prospector reveals their individual differences.
The most significant events in Roland Emmerich’s film The Patriot includes the scene in which Benjamin Martin avenges his son’s death by the murdering of twenty redcoats, Martin retrieving his captured men from the British in return for dummies impersonating the British officers, and achieving victory of the British at the Battle of Yorktown. The film conflicts around the colonies desire for independence from the British in order to form their own government. The film reaches its point of climax when Gabriel decides to take a group of men to search for Tavington to punish him for setting fire to the church, however, a turn of events occurs once Tavington fakes his death and murders Gabriel instead. The conclusion of the film involves the French
On a cold and snowy February afternoon last year, I sat down in my living room and decided to watch a movie. The movie of choice was Good Will Hunting. It popped up on my queue and I had not read any reviews, so I was certainly not expecting to have a deep, philosophical look at my life afterwards. Good Will Hunting is riddled with life lessons. After the movie, I considered what Will learned and tried to apply it to my own life.
In the story of the Invisible Man, biomedical advancement is dangerous to both society and individuals. The main character of the book, the invisible man (Griffin), just cannot let go of his anger and will not forgive anyone who betrays him. Throughout this book, the reader will discover the dangers hidden with the “invisible man”.