Who Watches The Watchmen

I recently read the famed graphic novel Watchmen, and was very interested in a few things in particular. First, throughout the book the phrase, "Who watches the watchmen?" appears, although never in full. This originated from the latin, "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?", or, "Who will guard the guards themselves?". As it turns out, this phrase is famous, being used in many places, from Watchmen to The Simpsons. If you really think about the sentence, it is a fairly good argument. How do we know that the people guarding prisons are better people than the prisoners themselves? The answer is we don't, but we have to hope that they are, or else the world is screwed.

"Who Watches The Watchmen?"

 The second thing that caught my interest was the character of Rorschach. What drew me in were his imperfections, the fact the he has some major flaws. He is on the run from the law, wanted on two counts, murder being one, and keeps to his vigilantism even after it is outlawed. Rorschach is born out of misfortunes, and despite killing multiple people without remorse, maiming random innocents to gain information, and going to prison, he is a very likeable character. On the very first page of the book, in Rorschach's diary, he says this; "The city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"...and I'll look down and whisper "No."" In the trailer for the watchmen movie, this is the last thing in the trailer, and I know I want to see the movie. I have provided a way to watch it on this page below.