Langsta
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Okay, I've read Watchmen before. I have it. I've tried to read it many times, and it's very complicated.
Obviously, I'm not going to be able to describe the whole plot, because all of the different characters are what help flesh out the plot, but I'm trying to wrap my head around the story, so tell me if I've got the gist of it:
The world is kind of in panic because of the nuclear arms race and the Cold War, and Ozymandias believes that the best way to stop the fighting between the US and the Soviet Union, or humans in general, is to create a faux alien invasion, dropping an "alien" bomb in NYC that will kill a bunch of people and convince the world's leaders to stop fighting each other and fight the "alien" invasion instead? And that's just Ozymandias' point of view. But basically, he wants to create unity and world peace and stuff?
And along with that, we've got the history of the Comedian and the Silk Spectre, we have Dr. Manhattan's social dilemma, we have Rorshach's war on crime which would have ended anyways if he had lived to see the world unified by Ozymandias' faux alien invasion? So really, the story is about Ozymandias, and the other characters represent the different aspects of society and how the characters are connected to the whole plot?
So to sum it all up, would you say that the story is ultimately about morality, the struggles of life, working toward order? I dunno....what's the opposite of entropy? I'd say that most superheroes are mainly concerned with working toward order, so is this novel like a metaphor for that or something? Even though most of the second half of the novel is about nuclear holocaust / impending doom?
Obviously, I'm not going to be able to describe the whole plot, because all of the different characters are what help flesh out the plot, but I'm trying to wrap my head around the story, so tell me if I've got the gist of it:
The world is kind of in panic because of the nuclear arms race and the Cold War, and Ozymandias believes that the best way to stop the fighting between the US and the Soviet Union, or humans in general, is to create a faux alien invasion, dropping an "alien" bomb in NYC that will kill a bunch of people and convince the world's leaders to stop fighting each other and fight the "alien" invasion instead? And that's just Ozymandias' point of view. But basically, he wants to create unity and world peace and stuff?
And along with that, we've got the history of the Comedian and the Silk Spectre, we have Dr. Manhattan's social dilemma, we have Rorshach's war on crime which would have ended anyways if he had lived to see the world unified by Ozymandias' faux alien invasion? So really, the story is about Ozymandias, and the other characters represent the different aspects of society and how the characters are connected to the whole plot?
So to sum it all up, would you say that the story is ultimately about morality, the struggles of life, working toward order? I dunno....what's the opposite of entropy? I'd say that most superheroes are mainly concerned with working toward order, so is this novel like a metaphor for that or something? Even though most of the second half of the novel is about nuclear holocaust / impending doom?
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