As I discussed in Class I believe Dr. Manhattan's responsibility is to protect laura, but after they break up he feels he does not have that responsibility to her or the human race. Laura goes to Mars to bring back Manhattan but he states she was the only thing he cared about and that he is not responsible for the human race. He says he is responsible for protecting what is special and that the things on Mars are special and need protection. However with a bit of chatting Dr. Manhattan realizes that humans are special because they are the result of one sperm and egg connecting successfully. Dr. Manhattan is a bit fickle in my opinion, because he is the most powerful living creature he has no way to relate things or reason in a way anyone else understands, or even which he understands. I think Dr. Manhattan was a very confused individual who should have been in therapy.
Ohhh my goodness... When I decided on trying to analyze the mythological origins and references in superhero comics, I had no idea the can of worms I was opening up... On the one hand, it was awesome to see just how many connections there were between superheroes and psychology/mythology/philosophy, but all the information also made it terribly difficult to distinguish what I should be using and how to tie it all together. When I was talking to one of my sorority sisters about it she said, "Oh yeah, well, research essays are kind of like putting together puzzles..." and I think that really sums up what writing this paper was like for me. Fortunately, I was really interested throughout the whole process and I very much enjoyed writing the paper. Being a psychology major, I was especially interested in reading about the Jungian archetypes that had a lot of parallels with major modern comic books superheroes. I was also able to incorporate Joseph Campbell's "hero cycle...
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