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Kovacs Transformation Into Rorschach

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Kovacs transformation into Rorschach already begins in his childhood: Growing up, Kovacs constantly faces violence, not only by his abusive mother who calls him names and even regrets not having an abortion but also by his mother’s “clients”. (cf. chapter 6 3) At the age of 10, the boy is on his way home when two male teenagers stop him and start to mock him and his mom. It is when one of them throws a fruit at his face that something in him snaps and he fights back, ending up partially blinding one of them. (cf. chapter 6 6) After the incident, he gets removed from his mother’s custody and gets admitted into the Lilian Charlton Home for Problem Children in New Jersey where he stays until 1956. (cf. chapter 6 30) Due to the permanent confrontation
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