How to treat Rorschach in The Watcher?

Rorschach is actually the first protagonist of this film. There is an unfinished essay for reference. I didn't compromise when I was alive, and now I won't regret and complain when I die.

-Rorschach Diary

Like all real artists, Rorschach knew what he should do from the beginning. Although the truth was gradually revealed under his hard pursuit (also under the careful layout and control of boss), he did countless dazzling things at different times and in different parts of the whole incident; But before-even after-the logic behind his "doing" has never changed. He lives in a cold and dark place, because his heart is cold and dark;

He put on a mask to get rid of another invisible mask and let his true self appear; The ink on the mask is just like his behavior: messy and traceable. He hates the shallowness and ignorance of the public, but he can't get rid of their love in his heart. With this strange feeling, stupid humans, even Dan, often bring him endless pain. Although faced with the extreme danger of reality and the double blow of inner torture, he still maintains amazing firmness and integrity; Or the integrity of personality originally needs the cruel shaping of the two parties.

Therefore, for Rorschach, peace is not the goal, truth is the only one-only by admitting that the real self is so ugly can we dominate ourselves. Boss regards himself as God and human beings as playthings, and thinks that stupid human beings can only enjoy the happiness of life by cheating; Rorschach tried to bring truth to mankind and give everyone the right to choose their destiny. He almost angrily condemned why people can't be their own gods. Rorschach hopes that every vulgar person dares to face up to his bloody self like him-this is both his naivety and his greatness. Here, contempt is the real respect, and charity is the real contempt.

Dan is delicate, considerate and has extraordinary ability, which is simply the sexual fantasy object of every girl in love. But compared with Rorschach's decision, he is like a clown (even worse than the clown in the play): indecisive, indecisive; There are often self-deception and unrealistic fantasies (compared with Rorschach's insight into the clown's death, we can see clearly). Under Rorschach's constant ridicule, there seems to be a little improvement. He took Silk 2 to the prison and Rorschach to the South Pole to engage in boss. It's a pity that Dan didn't have a definite view in the end, and he was very confused about boss (actually his idea). Of course, he doesn't rule out his fear of Manhattan (I'd rather he was). Besides all this, Dan has one of the most ridiculous things: constantly summing up his life and reflecting on himself. Before Rorschach looked for him, he often got together with the owl 1 (in fact, it was the mutual comfort of the weak), denying the past while avoiding the future-because they had no future; The most ridiculous thing is to find a set of rhetoric to convince yourself to live a normal life with peace of mind and always keep a charming smile. Their behavior of positioning themselves at any time just shows the degree of division between this positioning and their real impulses. Only when Rorschach said, "You hide yourself in the obvious" will this rational suppression of impulse be dramatically manifested in Dan's startled face.

Of course, boss is a villain, but for stupid Americans, he may be a savior. Anyway, Americans have the right to regard the devil as their savior, at least on the screen. Boss has the fighting capacity, IQ and wisdom beyond Manhattan (it seems that there is no distinction between intelligence and IQ in the play, but a general "intelligence" is used to describe it, but perhaps it is due to translation. He has wisdom beyond Manhattan, because he still has humanity, although he doesn't want to be a man himself. Manhattan is almost inhuman. Although he tried to live among human beings and connect with human emotions, he failed. Because he is more like a machine, and at the same time regards human beings as a combination of various atoms, he does mechanical addition and subtraction on the issue of determining human destiny, with the physical form of human beings as the ultimate goal. But the smart boss knows all this. He wanted to be a god who manipulated mankind and even Manhattan, and he almost succeeded.

Rorschach's diary records the story of a member of mankind who pursues external and internal truth, suffers from the double torture of reality and mind, and strives to safeguard personal integrity and human dignity. Although the author was physically destroyed, the diary will be passed down forever like Heraclitus.

Among human beings, as long as one member dares to face up to his fragility and ugliness, boss will never win.