The Watchmen Synthesis

The lyrics to "Superman's Song" describes Superman, and what he might have felt, and what he could have done, and very well explains The Watchmen, and what they might have gone through as well. Superman lost his family, and his entire planet, but he comes to earth and decides to stay and do what he can to protect the citizens. "He forced himself to carry on, forget Krypton, and keep going". The strength he possessed was enough to break into any bank in the united states, but he didn't think twice about it. Superman may have been tempted to give up, to quit, and leave everything behind, but he pushes on, "...changing clothes in dirty old phone booths till his work was through". The Watchmen relate very close to this. Rorschach has lost family, been an outcast, but he still pushes on and does whatever he needs to do to stay a masked adventurer. Nite Owl, for example, has gadgets and gizmos to break into any bank (or prison, for that matter), or turn to crime himself, but he has a sense of what is wrong, and what is right. The watchmen do not falter. Thoughts of quitting and leaving everything behind may bombard them at the worst of times, but they don't give in. They carry on with their dignity and stay until their job is finished.








"Even though he could have smashed through any bank in the United States, he had the strength, but he would not. Folks said his family were all dead their planet crumbled but Superman, he forced himself to carry on, forget Krypton, and keep going"