Analysis Of The Movie Costumed Heroes And The Night...

Watchmen takes place in an alternate America of 1985, and thanks to the Keene Act of 1977 â€Å"costumed heroes† are no longer allowed to save the lives of distressed civilians, help those in need...etc. Well they’re at least not allowed to do it in costumes under the name of â€Å"The Night Owl†, â€Å"Ozymandias†, †Hooded Justice†, â€Å"The Comedian†, and the first character introduced Rorschach. Rorschach is the only one left of the masked vigilantes(illegally or not employed by the government) , and compared to the other characters in the story is very complex, and very different from everyone else. Rorschach wasn’t always Rorschach he was born Walter Joseph Kovacs. Rorschach didn’t have an easy life growing up, his mother was prostitute, and didn’t even know who his father was. His mother was abusive, he was raised in poverty, and as a child he got into an extremely violent fight with two bullies in school. When the situation and his home life were investigated he was taken into a shelter or â€Å"Home for Problem Children†. He had a couple of hobbies as a child that got him into the physical state he is now, and eventually started working at a dress shop. Rorschach then made a mask out of a dress that was rejected by its owner. Rorschach was reading a news article two years later about the rape and murder of a young girl, and he wanted to do something about it. Rorschach then began fighting crime under the mask vigilante named â€Å"Rorschach†. Rorschach believes that people are either good, or