I think the moral statement Watchmen tries to make is fascinating. I could discuss the city. Watchmen is based out of New York City. But  then again New York City being the gross underbelly of a society doesn’t really surprise anyone. Throughout these beginning chapters it is highlighted how much the city and the people need to be saved.

The main person narrating this point is Rorschach. His opinions and thoughts on the city are made clear from the first panel he steps into. I mention the moral decay of the city to the end of talking about its hero’s. The “heroes” in Watchmen, at least the ones presented to us in these early chapters, seem to be more parts villain than they are hero. First we have Rorschach who in my personally opinion is so blinded by disgust and hate that he is no longer fit to do the job. He in my opinion has lost sight of the people who are the heart of the city, and if you are no longer working to save them but are fighting to maintain a standard, how can you carry on the fight in a humane way? He puts my in mind of a Batman without hope who has no rules and crosses whatever lines he wants to get the job done. Rorschach is an extreme example. Any one can look at him and see that he has lost sight of the true mission and has been blinded by the desire to purge. But aside from him there is the Comedian. A man responsible/entrusted with saving people and yet he attempts to rape a fellow teammate! In Watchmen even the heroes need to be saved. On page pg 5 in the Hollis Mason Pages he is talking about how in comics the line for good and evil is defined. there are no questions of right and wrong and justice is served. Moor and Gibbons seem to be conveying that the exact opposite is the truth. No given situation is as pretty and simple as right and wrong. But each choice, each hero, each villain even, is filled with shades of gray.