"They had a choice, all of them. They could have followed in the footsteps of good men...decent men, who believed in a day's work for a day's pay. Instead they followed the droppings of lechers and communists and didn't realize that the trail led over a precipice until it was too late. Don't tell me they didn't have a choice." (Moore 1, Chapter 1).
These words are spoken by Rorschach in his journal on the first page of the graphic novel. Rorschach is established in this passage as being an existential character with existential values; this idea carries throughout the novel and helps to shape Rorschach's actions and the plot of the novel, along with its themes. Rorschach believes, as existentialists do, that the choices we make define our lives and to each our own subjective realities. Rorschach thinks that the world is a chaotic, irrational place (and the 1985 of The Watchmen certainly is), and we each try to make it make sense to us through our own decisions and the way we choose to view the world.
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