Watchman and the Incredibles

WATCHMEN AND THE INCREDIBLES Name: Course: Instructor`s Name: Date: Watchman and the IncredibleThis is a comparison of two stories Watchmen and Incredible. In both stories they have superheroes in an environment where the government had outlawed them for several reasons. The reasons were diversified as being in poor personal health, collateral damages and also the right to privacy which is the main course of conflict in the incredible. Watchmen are referred to as the foremost and first of the meditation of value of heroism and nature. The first victim of the watchmen is Edward Blake who is a comedian and he was attacked by an intruder who was masked at his apartment in New York. An investigation was done to the killing of Edward Blake who is believed to have been killed by a government sponsored "Masked" comedian to kill the entire retired hero`s. After some preliminary investigations the investigators realized other retired heroes would also be in danger and alerted them about the "Mask" killer but of them took it seriously. During the funeral of Edward Blake who was killed by the "Mask" Killer most of his friends did not attend the funeral. Laurie who was one of his friends` visited his mother and Rorschach heard about his death much late but he went later to visit the grave and gave his last respect. The hero Laurie in "The Watchmen" was walking in the streets was attached by a gang known as "Knot-Top" gang. However, they did not take anything from him as he used old crime fighting training kicks he has perfected on to outdo the attackers. When Dr. Manhattan was accused of causing cancer to other people in the society. He felt that he was endangering other people`s life once he contaminates them with cancer illness he therefore decided to leave for mars. His dispatcher to Mar`s was widely publicized in the media. However, in the watchmen main challenge to the hero`s was the threat posed by the mask vigilantes who had started to be a threat than a blessing to the society. Therefore, both government orders in Watchmen and Incredible resulted to the same things. The main characters in both stories went into hiding and they also wish that the government wouldn`t put a stop to the no more Masks. So that they would get a justifying reasons for them to put on the mask again and do what they knew best. Dr. Manhattan was identified as the real hero and he was recruited in the military and they named him as the super hero. This decision worried most of the remaining costumed heroes. Although he was entrusted by the government to provide security and protect it he was not able to prevent occurrence of disasters. The superheros in both stories were quashed by the government as they were referred to as a threat to the security of others. They were living in secret and were normal people; they struggled with themselves, itched for the old days and what they were before they become a threat to the government. Hence, due to such discrimination by the government they had to defy the government and fight for their rights once again. The superheros were committed to ensure that the livelihood in the city was free of gangs and brings a new order / law of operation. For them to realize it they used all means possible even if it meant killing those who defy their orders to meet their objectives. Although they were able to achieve their goals they were referred to as the bad guys in the movies. In the movie incredible the hero`s keeps on hiding because they seemed no longer helpful in what they were working on this is de...