The Keene Act And The Watchmen By Alan Moore

Watchmen is a graphic novel written by the author Alan Moore. The story focuses on a group of costumed superheroes that fight crime. Together these masked heroes make up the watchmen. We find out that the group is disbanded, and they are stripped of their duties due to a law known as the Keene Act; they each act on their own through out the book. Aside from Dr. Manhattan, none of the characters have super powers, making them like ordinary people; ordinary people meaning they make human-like decisions, and mistakes.
Having super powers is the one thing that distinguishes a super hero. Therefore, being powerless makes the characters more like the average person. In the story Alan Moore gives us a look on how all you need is a strong sense of justice and morals. Heroes are always represented as a projection of justice
“Who watches the watchmen” was the phrase used to back up the Keene Act; a law made to disband the crew after many people grew terrified of the Watchmen. Some of the members were acting upon their own idea of how problems should be solved, and chose to be very violent, causing terror amongst the people. This can relate to our every day lives as well; crimes are committed in our society daily. Someone who has just lost a family member due to an act of violence would want justice. As sympathetic humans that we are we would support the cause to find justice, but what if this individual takes this into his own hands, and goes on a crazy rampage to avenge a death. We gave the power to believe that justice could be served, but we didn’t think that they would make the wrong choice on how to handle things. Who makes sure that everyone aacts