Jung

"'As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.'--C.G. Jung, MEMORIES, DREAMS, REFLECTIONS." (Moore 28, Chapter 9).

This quote from Jung is another that well exemplifies the existential school of thought shown in the character Rorschach as well as throughout the Watchmen. Existentialism says that we are what we think we are; reality is what we believe it to be and is defined by the choices we make. The world around us is, consequently, chaotic and irrational; everyone making their own choices based on what they view to be right. We must, however, stay with our own path, our own reality. This quote says just that; the world and our lives, our "mere being," is irrational, without any objective, concrete answers. We must make it become rational by placing our own subjective answers upon it. The 1985 of The Watchmen is chaotic, with crime running rampant and masked vigilantes mistakenly trying to fix it. But they are trying to fix it, each in his or her own way, because that is what they see as right; that is their "light of meaning" in their "darkness of mere being."