Rorschach's Watchmen
Watchmen - Chapter 1
Summary Chapter one opens with the death of Edward Blake. It becomes apparent that the cause of death had been that he was thrown from his apartment by an unknown suspect. The chapter is picked up in the point of view of two detectives who are investigating the crime scene and discuss several motives for the burglary/murder.
Soon after, the point of view is turned over to Rorschach, a mysterious man who is identified by the police as an outlaw of sorts. After investigating the crime scene, Rorschach uncovers that Edward Blake is the true identity of the masked hero known as the Comedian: a former Minuteman.
From there, Rorschach spends the remainder of the chapter going to extreme lengths in order to discover who …show more content…
His inner monologue is fairly dark and cynical. He thinks of his city as a gutter (shit hole) and feels that it is his job to “clean the streets”. Although we don’t learn much about Rorschach’s origin at first, he is first introduced as a sort of vigilante by detectives investigating the murder of Eddie Blake. From the detectives’ conversation, we learn that he is “crazier than a snake’s armpit.” They imply that he is morbidly fascinated in crime cases, and that he goes through violent means to solve them. When we finally see Rorschach in the novel, we see him as a dark and mysterious man who takes it upon himself to solve Eddie Blake’s murder. Upon investigating, Rorschach finds that Eddie Blake is the Comedian, another former member of the Minutemen. This gives Rorschach incentive to keep investigating the murder because he fears for former masked heroes who are his friends (including himself?). He shows no superhuman qualities, but through his investigations and his interactions with others we learn that he is very inquisitive and can easily piece things together to get to a final …show more content…
14-16
→ breaks a man’s fingers trying to find out what happened to the Comedian. exemplifies the measures he’d go through (and he’s actually frickfracking INSANE) - he doesn’t know the man, he’s not even a suspect, but he still broke his fingers in hopes that someone will speak out and tell him what he needs. -journal
Summary Chapter one opens with the death of Edward Blake. It becomes apparent that the cause of death had been that he was thrown from his apartment by an unknown suspect. The chapter is picked up in the point of view of two detectives who are investigating the crime scene and discuss several motives for the burglary/murder.
Soon after, the point of view is turned over to Rorschach, a mysterious man who is identified by the police as an outlaw of sorts. After investigating the crime scene, Rorschach uncovers that Edward Blake is the true identity of the masked hero known as the Comedian: a former Minuteman.
From there, Rorschach spends the remainder of the chapter going to extreme lengths in order to discover who …show more content…
His inner monologue is fairly dark and cynical. He thinks of his city as a gutter (shit hole) and feels that it is his job to “clean the streets”. Although we don’t learn much about Rorschach’s origin at first, he is first introduced as a sort of vigilante by detectives investigating the murder of Eddie Blake. From the detectives’ conversation, we learn that he is “crazier than a snake’s armpit.” They imply that he is morbidly fascinated in crime cases, and that he goes through violent means to solve them. When we finally see Rorschach in the novel, we see him as a dark and mysterious man who takes it upon himself to solve Eddie Blake’s murder. Upon investigating, Rorschach finds that Eddie Blake is the Comedian, another former member of the Minutemen. This gives Rorschach incentive to keep investigating the murder because he fears for former masked heroes who are his friends (including himself?). He shows no superhuman qualities, but through his investigations and his interactions with others we learn that he is very inquisitive and can easily piece things together to get to a final …show more content…
14-16
→ breaks a man’s fingers trying to find out what happened to the Comedian. exemplifies the measures he’d go through (and he’s actually frickfracking INSANE) - he doesn’t know the man, he’s not even a suspect, but he still broke his fingers in hopes that someone will speak out and tell him what he needs. -journal