The Graphic Film: The Philosophy Of Rorschach

One such integral point is Rorschach's philosophy and the presence of it within the world of watchmen. While the film shows Rorschach’s philosophy to be his and only his, ending in his death. The Graphic Novel has a character which is integral to the philosophy of Watchmen. Malcolm Long, the Black Psychologist that speaks with Rorschach in prison. In the film, Malcolm Long’s plotline has two purposes: he must exist so that Rorschach can spout exposition about his past. Then later, when Rorschach searches for his mask, Malcolm Long is antagonized by Rorschach for the sake of a joke. In the Graphic Novel, Malcolm Long interviews rorschach multiple times and Rorschach does not open up at first. Malcolm Long documents his thoughts on Rorschach in journals, his initial journals are naive and his writings say that this case is simple. “Play Misdirected Aggression” And “Flimsy Story” and “It’s perfectly simple”. As the psychologist begins to understand Rorschachs position, he struggles to relate Rorschach with Kovacs and though he previously established that Rorschach was a created personality, the lines blur as more journal entries are written. The psychologists first goal is to understand Rorschach and his second goal is to show him that the world is not as grim as Rorschach believes.

In the Graphic Novel, Rorschach tells Malcolm Long his story and he is so profoundly affected by it that his relationship with his wife is affected, he cannot fall asleep and the difference between a sane man: Walter Kovacs and his persona: Rorschach, blend into an indistinguishable blot. The purpose of Malcolm Long is not to be a joke or to enlighten us of Rorschach's past, he exists to show how blind the world is to Rorschach's truth. His arc completes in his analytic tendencies being overwritten by Rorschach's philosophy. “I sat on the