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Friday, April 3, 2015

Could Rorschach be 'Jigsaw' of the 1960's?

We all know that Rorschach is extremely dark, and a sketchy guy. His views on the world can be viewed as 'twisted' and were formed by his horrific experiences growing up, as well as the kidnapping case. Similarly, Jigsaw, from the Saw movies, was known for his incrediblly dark outlook on humanity, and demonstrated his views through torture of random citizens. Though Rorschach is more interested in justice for the guilty, than the innocent, I was reminded a lot of Jigsaw while reading book 5 in Watchmen. Things Rorschach said while talking to Malcolm Long reminded me a great deal of Jigsaw's outlook. "This Rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not Fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It's us. Only us." (Book 5, Page 26, Panel 5.) Rorschach is explaining to Long that the problem is us, and only us. Likewise, Jigsaw's views on humanity is that too many people take life for granted. Therefore he 'punishes' them for it as if it was some sort of game. Jigsaw doesn't just kill the victim, but leaves the victim in an almost impossible scenario out of the punishment, and is most likely not accomplished. Rorschach did something similar to the man who kidnapped the six year old girl. He put the man in handcuffs, gave him his own saw, and lit the house on fire with kerosene. As if he 'gave' him a way out, but was almost impossible to get out. Though Jigsaw's purposes was strictly for torturing the innocent, and Rorschach's torture was for justice, the method was similar. Do you think Rorschach and Jigsaw are at all similar?

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  1. This is a very interesting question, but i'd have to agree with you Brianna. Jigsaw only kidnapped people who had done something bad in there life. Rorschach has the same point of view. He only directs his attention toward the bad, the hostile, and the rotten. The Kitty Genovese case is the reason Walter Kovac became Rorschach. The reason Jigsaw became Jigsaw was because his pregnant wife was hit in the stomach by a door, due to the trauma to her stomach her unborn baby died. The man who did this escaped. Both then swore to remove the rotten from the streets.

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